Abstract Guidelines

Web based submission form:

Please review the instructions in "General Information for Abstract Preparation and Submission"
The program is set up so that if your abstract exceeds the allowable space (1680 characters), it will not allow you to submit it at the stage when you confirm all of the contents.
You will need to learn or know a smidgeon of hypertext markup language (HTML), by following along the clearly defined and simplified table of HTML commands outlined below. The formatting method used in the abstract text will be basic HTML. All other formatting will be done for you, i.e., the title will be capitalized and boldfaced automatically, etc. However, this method cannot accommodate graphics, tables, tab-based spacing, or equation editor output. If you wish to submit an abstract with any of these elements, please return to the selection page and submit the abstract via postal or electronic mail attachment.

This form will accommodate: (with some user manipulation)

bold-faced text	bold-faced text
italicized-text	italicized-text
most ASCII characters	( ) [ ] { } ? ! @ # % ^ * - _ + = : ; \| , .
most greek symbols	A a B b C c D d ... W w X x Y y Z z
all alpha-numerics	Regular numbers, text, and CAPITALS
sub- and super-scripting	La⁺(Ru)SS_a

Before you begin, here are the HTML commands available to you. (This information will also be displayed in a frame below the actual form.) This table lists the elements given above and their HTML equivalent. HTML commands have an opening tag and closing tag. The closing tag is denoted with a /. In order to re-create the elements above, you must type in the HTML tags/commands as they appear below!

bold-faced text	<b>bold-faced text</b>
italicized-text	<i>italicized-text</i>
most ASCII characters	Typed straight in
most greek symbols	a = <font face="symbol"> a </font> b = <font face="symbol"> b </font> C = <font face="symbol"> C </font> W = <font face="symbol"> W </font>
all alpha-numerics	Typed straight in
La⁺(Ru)SS_a	La<SUP>+</SUP>(Ru)SS<sub>a</sub>

Reminder: Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 31, 1999. Web based electronic abstract submission will not be accepted after this date.