All manuscripts submitted on disk should be accompanied by hard copy and should conform to the guidelines below. (If you cannot provide a disk and must provide hard copy for keying instead, please ensure that the copy is clean and clear.) Receiving articles on disk ensures greater typesetting accuracy because the source file for typesetting will actually be drawn from a word-processed file.

• Leave your file in the word processor format you used to compose it; do not convert to ASCII unless absolutely necessary or you will lose valuable formatting (e.g., italics).
• On the disk label, please write (1) the filename, (2) the word processor and its version number, and (3) the operating system. (For example, "JONES.DOC, WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows," or "Smith Article, MS Word 5.0 for Macintosh.")
• Macintosh users: Save to a high-density diskette; these diskettes have an "HD" imprint on their casings. Save in any version format equal to or earlier than WordPerfect 3.x or MS Word 6.0.
• Include on your disk only the final version of your file (corresponding to your final hard copy). If your article includes figures or formatted tables, please separate them from the text file and save as separate files. Include notes and references in the same file as your text, at the end of the file.
• Allow your text to "word wrap" automatically; that is, do not use hard returns within paragraphs.
• For the numbers 0 (zero) and 1 (one), use true characters rather than the letters O ("oh") and l ("el").
• Make sure that text is left aligned rather than justified.
• Do not hyphenate words over line breaks.
• Treat footnotes as endnotes, placing them at the end of the text before the references. Please do not use automatic footnoting or embedded footnotes. Format note numbers within the article in superscript or in brackets if superscript is not available.
• Use tabs rather than spaces to format table material.
• Use the standard double quotes ("") for opening and closing double quotes. Use the standard single quotes (‘’) for opening and closing single quotes. (If necessary, use the mark in the upper left corner of the keyboard [`] for the opening single quote and the apostrophe ['] for the closing single quote.)
• For long dashes, use two hyphens (--), with no spaces before or after, or an m-dash (—).
• Use a tab before each reference paragraph that starts with a year.
• Always include a hard copy so that we can see your article as you intend it to look.

Guidelines for Electronic Artwork

Label each diskette with

• the journal name, volume number, and issue number
• the author’s name and figure number (e.g., Smith Figure 2)
• the disk platform (e.g., Mac, IBM)
• the filename
• the file format (TIFF is preferred)
• the dpi at which the image was scanned (must be between 600 and 900)

Along with the diskette(s), send a printout of each electronic file. Label each printout with

• the author’s name
• the figure number
• the filename