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Call For Articles

We're looking for short technical articles for this Website. To get your place in IEEE-KC's part of cyberspace, send your text to writer@ieee.org as a plain Word document devoid of fancy formatting.  All topics pertinent to our industry are permissible, but no blatant ads will go into this library of articles. The best kinds of articles for an Internet format are the "Ten Tips on...." articles. Here are some guidelines that apply to preparing text for just about any publication or Web site:

Do...

Don't...
  • Italicize, underline, or bold sparingly.
  • Use a single simple font (such as Arial) throughout.
  • Place images in separate files, rather than embed them in Word.
  • Place tables in Excel, not in Word.
  • Use the active voice, rather than the passive voice.
  • Keep the needs of the reader in mind--make the information useful.
  • Use a natural style--you are writing to real people!
  • Make sure you have the rights to the material being submitted--photos "found on the Internet" are not free to re-use without express written consent from their owner!
  • Indent paragraphs (just pretend there is no tab key on your keyboard).
  • Format tables or text with the space bar
  • Double space.
  • Use trade names as regular nouns or verbs. It’s physically impossible to Xerox anything but, you can photocopy something. The Xerox legal department explains this frequently. The same goes for Megger; you can perform an insulation resistance test…
  • Use useless words or bulky phrases. Instead of "In order to," say " To."
  • Use flowery phrases.

 

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Last updated May 04, 2008