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The National Research Council (NRC) Research Press provides the
following class files for the benefit of its authors:
nrc1.cls is for single-column layouts
nrc2.cls is for double-column journal layouts
These are generated via the nrc.ins + nrc.dtx files. See the README
file for details. The userguide is also available and should be
downloaded in an appropriate format.
AUTHORS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO REPLACE THEIR FORMER
VERSIONS OF THE CLASS FILES WITH THESE NEW ONES.
THE NEW USERGUIDE SHOULD ALSO BE DOWNLOADED AND PRINTED.
The latest versions of all files have a great number of improvements
and enhancements over the previous versions.
Old version of nrc.dtx: 2000/07/26 v1.3j.7c
New version of nrc.dtx: 2002/11/19 v2.0
Old version of nrc.ins: 2000/10/02
New version of nrc.ins: 2002/11/19
Old version of userguide: 21 NOV 2000
New version of userguide: 18 NOV 2002
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This note (AUTHORS.txt) focusses on author-specific elements
in the userguide, and avoid common pitfalls.
1. UPDATING AND GENERATING NEW CLASS FILES
Use the README file to generate the necessary class files and
instructions on where they should be stored on your machine.
Check CTAN periodically for updates in the directory:
tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/nrc
2. DOCUMENTATION
The Userguide has two main components: information on creating and
coding a file (sections 1 through 5), and additional information
for in-house staff (from section 6 to the end).
3. CLASS OPTIONS
There are no new options. However, there is a simplification of
options for authors.
The publicly available class files automatically activate
author-specific codes, and de-activate in-house codes (the log file
will provide information/warnings if the latter are accessed). It
is no longer necessary to explicitly insert author-specific codes
such as
genTeX usecmfonts type1rest
See section 2.1 for details.
4. ADDITIONAL PACKAGES
Experience has shown that the following packages (all available
from CTAN) are consistently used and provide the additional
functionality authors (and the NRC Research Press) most often
require:
graphicx rotating
amsmath amssymb bm
cite babel
As well, tables benefit from the additional options available in
the array package.
Any other packages which authors find helpful MUST accompany their
submissions. This is particularly important where submissions are
using old versions of packages --- production staff only have
access to new versions on CTAN; should they have to acquire the
additional (and latest) packages themselves, these may not always
work in the same way as an older version. Of course, authors are
encouraged to use current versions of all additional packages.
Additional author-specific macros should be gathered together in
the preamble area, after all other packages have been loaded. See
section 3.2 for details.
5. MACROS
a. New macros:
- \IDnote (Section 4.1)
- \PACS and \PACS* (for Physics) (Section 4.2)
b. Revised macros:
- \correspond (Section 4.1)
- headings now to 5 levels (Section 4.3)
c. Retired macros:
- \AddressNote (Section 4.1)
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