September 13, 2005 This IEEEtran.cls is now the official LaTeX class for authors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) transactions journals and conferences. IEEEtran.cls is mirrored within IEEE's site as well. The most recent version of IEEEtran.cls is version 1.6c. This is an interim bug fix release that corrects the compatibility issue with preview-LaTeX and subfigure.sty. Version 1.7 is expected to be released later this month. Best wishes for all your publication endeavors, Michael Shell mshell@ece.gatech.edu ***************** Subdirectories ***************** bibtex - The IEEEtran BibTeX style package. extras - Supplementary material that may be of interest. testflow - The testflow diagnostic suite for verifying PS/PDF output. tools - The IEEEtrantools.sty package which provides several commands from the IEEEtran.cls file for use with other LaTeX classes. ********************* Files ********************** README - This file. IEEEtran.cls - The LaTeX class file. IEEEtran_HOWTO.pdf - The user manual. bare_conf.tex - A "bare bones" starter file for conference papers. bare_jrnl.tex - A "bare bones" starter file for journal papers. ********************************************************************** Legal Notice: This code and advice 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 statements made here are the opinions of their respective authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the IEEE. This code/text is distributed under the Perl Artistic License ( http://language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html ) and may be freely used, distributed and modified. Retain all contribution notices and credits. **********************************************************************