This page contains information which can help you to prepare your article.


PLEASE NOTE:
- all papers should be delivered in electronic form as well as identical hard copy
- the deadline for submission of papers is March the 30th, 2007
- the maximum number of pages per paper is 8 pages for keynote speakers
- the maximum number of pages per paper is 6 pages for regular contributions

ADDRESS TO SEND YOUR PAPERS TO:
Emerging Technologies in NDT, conference secretariat
C/O Myriam Bourlau
Free University Brussels,Faculty of Apllied Science
Dept. of Mechanics of Materials and Constructions (MEMC)
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM

Tel: +32-(0)2-629.29.22
Fax: +32-(0)2-629.29.28
E-mail: secretariat@etech-ndt.eu.org / mbourlau@vub.ac.be

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PLEASE FIND BELOW SEVERAL FILES THAT YOU CAN USE TO PREPARE YOUR PAPER WITH:

- B2ProcA4.doc : MSWord6.0 (and higher) instructions for A4 size paper
- B2ProcA4.dot : MSWord6.0 (and higher) template for A4 size paper
- sample.pdf : Sample paper with instructions
- Readme.txt : Text file with instructions


Before starting be sure that you have a Post Script printer installed. MSWord and WordPerfect users should select the correct files for their
printer: A4 paper size (21 x 29.7 cm, European size), or Letter paper size (8 1/2" x 11", American size). Copy the files which you will be using to a new directory and keep the original disk as a backup.


MS WORD USERS
Start MS Word. Close the empty file which appears on your screen (Close in File Menu). Now open the file B2ProcA4.doc (if you have a printer printing on A4 size paper - European standard) or B2ProcLe.doc (if you have a printer printing on Letter size paper - American standard) (Open in File Menu). Print this document. It gives detailed instructions on how to proceed when you still have to type your paper and also when you want to use the text from an old file. After you have read the first two pages of these instructions you are ready to start.

Note that you should always use the tag "First paragraph" after a heading. For the rest of the text use "Standard text". When importing figures always set that paragraph tag on "Figures". Figures cannot be imported on paragraphs which have another tag. Use only the headings 1, 2, and 3 prepared by the publisher.


Quick start for MS Word users

1. Copy the correct template file to the template directory. The name of this directory can be found in File Locations of Options (Tools Menu).

2. Start MS Word and select the template file in "New" (File Menu).

3. Rename this new file in "Saving As" (File Menu).

You are now ready to type your paper (see 4-7 below), or/and to insert text from another file (see 8-10 below).

4. Type the correct title, author(s) and affiliation(s), and delete old text without deleting the return at the end of the line.

5. Type your abstract behind "ABSTRACT: ".

6. Type the text of the first heading and delete old text without deleting the return at the end.

7. Now type the text of your paper using tag "First paragraph" for all paragraphs which follow after a heading and tag "Standard,text" for all other normal paragraphs. Figures should be placed in paragraphs with a "Figure" tag and equations with a "Formula" tag.

8. To insert text from another file open that file as well, select (Mouse) the text to be copied (Edit Menu), and paste (Edit Menu) it into the new file. In the Window Menu you can switch between opened files. The title, author(s), and affiliation(s) should not be copied completely. First type the first word of each line and then copy the rest of each line one by one. Copy only the text of your abstract and place it behind the word "ABSTRACT: ".

9. Check if setting of paper size and margins (Page Set Up in File Menu), and Columns (Format Menu) are still correct (see table 1 in instruction file).

10. Change the old tags for the new Balkema tags (see 7 above). Before doing this apply automatic formatting: From the Format Menu select AutoFormat and click AutoFormat now.


WORD PERFECT 7.0 USERS
1. Copy the correct template file to the template directory.

2. Start Word Perfect 7.0 and select the template in "New" (File Menu).

3. Rename this new file in "Saving As" (File Menu).

You are now ready to type your paper (see 4-6 below), or/and to insert text from another file (see 7-9 below).

4. Type the correct title, author(s) and affiliation(s), and delete all the old text without deleting the returns at the end of each line.

5. Type your abstract behind "ABSTRACT: ". Note that Abstract is on Ln 3.00" and the Title of your paper on Ln 0.13".

6. Now type the text of your paper in the two column part using tag "First paragraph". For normal text use the tag "Normal;t01". Note that text following headings should not be indented (First Paragraph tag). Use the correct style for headings as in the printed sample "Preparing camera-ready copy on laser printers".

7. To insert text from another file open that file as well, select (Mouse) the text to be copied (Edit Menu), and paste (Edit Menu) it into the new file. In the Window Menu you can switch between opened files.

8. Check if setting of paper size (Page, in Format Menu), margins (Format Menu), and Columns (Format Menu) are still correct: See table 1 in instruction file (B2ProcA4.doc or B2ProcLe.doc) which you can also print in Word Perfect.

9. Change the old tags for the new Balkema tags (see 6 above).



FINAL NOTE TO ALL AUTHORS
Please see to it that your paper has the same typography as the specimen paper enclosed, whether you used the Balkema templates or not. The publisher will reduce your camera-ready copy to 75% and print it in black from your paper copy and not from the file. For this reason please check that the print is clear and of a high quality. Kindly also check if the print fits exactly in the borders of the transparent overlay enclosed with the instructions.


PROBLEMS
The last or first line of text on Letter size paper (11" x 8 1/2") does not print on paper: This is because the length of the paper is too short to cope with the text. Try to solve the problem in MS Word by changing the top and bottom margin settings (Page Setup dialog box in File Menu). The correct settings are Top: 0.13" and Bottom: 0.17". Change to 0.10" and 0.20" or to 0.17" and 0.13" (the total should come to 0.30" in order to have the correct height of type area). If these changes do not solve the problem you will have to reduce the height of the type area. Add margin at top (or bottom) until the printer is able to cope with your text.


Please do not hesitate to e-mail us should you have any suggestions for improvement. Our e-mail address is: nstolwijk@swets.nl