ALMA Memo Submission Guidelines

ALMA Memo Submission

Starting August 1996, the primary means of memo distribution will be electronic. We will send abstracts to electronic memo subscribers when a new memo is available. A postscript file of the memo can be obtained by replying to the mail message, or can be viewed with a web browser. Hard copies will still be mailed to people who want them.

Why do we want to do this?

This change in memo policy impacts you, the memo author.

What you need to submit

Memo Abstract

You must submit a completed abstract form, which includes title, author, and the memo abstract. The abstract which is mailed to the subscribers is generated from the abstract form.

View the abstract template or download an abstract template
View an example abstract or download an example abstract

Memo Formats

The format in which you submit the memo will depend upon a few details:

If your memo has no figures or equations, please use plain ASCII.
If your memo has figures or equations and you use LaTeX, please send us the LaTeX file and postscript figures.
- In order to produce good PDF and a single postscript file, you should follow these
  LaTeX guidelines or download the LaTeX Guidelines from here
- View our LaTeX Memo Template, or download the LaTeX Memo Template from here
The newer versions of Word Perfect or Microsoft Word provide an easy translation into PDF. If you use one of these packages, please generate the PDF version yourself and let us know how we can get it via FTP. .
If you can't provide us with ASCII, LaTeX, PDF, or PostScript, talk to us at alma-memos@nrao.edu.

How to Submit ALMA Memos

Please e-mail the ASCII memo abstract and the memo in ASCII, LaTeX with postscript figures, PDF, or PostScript, to alma-memos@nrao.edu. Alternatively, you could place the ALMA memo materials in a public FTP area and send instructions for retrieving the files.

Last modified: 2001-Jul-11

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