Submission and Authoring in ACS Paragon Plus

Author-Supplied Manuscript PDF Files Now Accepted in ACS Paragon Plus

The following functionality has been applied to the ACS Paragon Plus Environment for all journals. If you have any questions about using this functionality, please contact the ACS Help Desk, at paragonplus@acs.org.

Author-Supplied PDF Files

ACS authors now have two submission options in ACS Paragon Plus:

1. To provide their own Manuscript PDF File, along with the corresponding Manuscript File
2. To provide the Manuscript File only, and allow ACS to do the PDF conversion

Authors choosing the first option will be able to upload a PDF version of the manuscript using the new file designation “Manuscript PDF File”. These authors will still be required to also provide a word processing file of their manuscript or a zipped file of all of their manuscript documents, e.g., in the case of TeX/LaTeX.

Figure 1

The author-supplied Manuscript PDF File will be used to create the peer review proof. If graphics are uploaded separately using the Graphic for manuscript file designation, they will be appended to the Manuscript PDF File in the peer-review proofs (in the order specified on the File Upload step).

Authors choosing to provide  only the Manuscript File will simply upload these files to the appropriate file designations and ACS will handle the PDF conversion process.

The file designations “Manuscript text with embedded graphics” and “Manuscript text without embedded graphics” have been retired. A single file designation of “Manuscript File” will be used instead. Authors will be required to upload one (and only one) “Manuscript File”, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2

The allowed extensions for the “Manuscript File” file designation will include .zip. The complete list of allowed extensions for this file designation is: doc, dot, ltx, rtf, tex, wp, wpd, zip.

Options for Submitting TeX/LaTeX Manuscripts

The File Upload step of the submission process will provide the following options to TeX/LaTeX authors.

• An author will be able to submit a TeX/LaTeX file as the “Manuscript File” and have it converted to PDF by ACS Paragon Plus and included in the peer-review proofs.
• An author can submit a .zip file with the file designation “Manuscript File” and a “Manuscript PDF File” which will be included in the peer-review proofs.

Instructions on Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts Using TeX/LaTeX have been revised to instruct TeX/LaTeX authors about their options.

Updated: Nov. 13, 2007