January 11, 2007 The IEEEtrantools.sty package provides several commands from the IEEEtran.cls file so that they can be used under other LaTeX classes. The user guide provided here covers only the differences in the use of the commands from those provided by IEEEtran.cls. For complete documentation on these commands, see the relevant sections in the IEEEtran_HOWTO manual of the IEEEtran LaTeX class. The IEEEtrantools.sty package provides the following IEEEtran.cls commands: 1. \IEEEPARstart which produces large initial "drop cap" letters. 2. the \bstctlcite command for the control entry types of IEEEtran.bst V1.00 and later 3. the IEEE itemize, enumerate and description list environments 4. the complete IEEEeqnarray family for producing multiline equations as well as matrices and tables, including the IEEEeqnarray support commands. IEEEtrantools.sty should not be used with IEEEtran.cls. For helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions and other support, visit the IEEEtrantools support page at my website: http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/tools/ Enjoy! Michael Shell http://www.michaelshell.org/ ******* 1/2007 V1.2 (V1.7 of IEEEtran.cls) changes: 1. Several commands and enviroments have depreciated in favor of replacements with IEEE prefixes to better avoid potential future name clashes with other packages. Legacy code retained to allow use of the obsolete forms, but with an warning message to the console during compilation: \IEEEPARstart For IED lists: \IEEEiedlabeljustifyc, \IEEEiedlabeljustifyl, \IEEEiedlabeljustifyr, \IEEEnocalcleftmargin, \IEEElabelindent, \IEEEsetlabelwidth, \IEEEusemathlabelsep 2. These commands/lengths now require the IEEE prefix and do not have legacy support: \IEEEnormaljot. For IED lists: \ifIEEEnocalcleftmargin, \ifIEEEnolabelindentfactor, \IEEEiedlistdecl, \IEEElabelindentfactor 3. \normalsizebaselineskip no longer provided. 4. New \IEEEPARstart controls: \IEEEPARstartHEIGHTTEXT, \IEEEPARstartFONTSTYLE, \IEEEPARstartCAPSTYLE, \IEEEPARstartWORDFONTSTYLE, \IEEEPARstartWORDCAPSTYLE, \IEEEPARstartHOFFSET, \IEEEPARstartITLCORRECT and the (output) length \IEEEPARstartletwidth. 5. Provide for an optional argument to \bstctlcite to provide a way to specify a different aux file. Define \bstctlcite even if it has already been defined. ********************************** Files ********************************** README - This file. IEEEtrantools.sty - The LaTeX package file. IEEEtrantools_doc.txt - The user manual - supplementary to the IEEEtran_HOWTO manual. *************************************************************************** Legal Notice: This code is offered as-is without any warranty either expressed or implied; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE! User assumes all risk. In no event shall IEEE or any contributor to this code be liable for any damages or losses, including, but not limited to, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, resulting from the use or misuse of any information contained here. All comments are the opinions of their respective authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the IEEE. This work is distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) ( http://www.latex-project.org/ ) version 1.3, and may be freely used, distributed and modified. A copy of the LPPL, version 1.3, is included in the base LaTeX documentation of all distributions of LaTeX released 2003/12/01 or later. Retain all contribution notices and credits. ** Modified files should be clearly indicated as such, including ** ** renaming them and changing author support contact information. ** File list of work: IEEEtrantools.sty, IEEEtrantools_doc.txt ***************************************************************************