ACM Journals Word Template Instructions

Table of contents

1. Before posting

1 Accessibility

1.1 Setting the title

1.2 Set document language

2 Detailed description of the template

2.1 Settings before using the template

2.2 Typesetting using templates

1) Insert CCS concepts

2) Insert table

3) Insert picture description 

 2. After acceptance

1 Associate ACM Primary Article Template

2 Draft view with Styles panel open

3 Insert/View ORCID ID

4 Run the ACM Primary Article Template macro

4.1 Reference

4.2  Cross Linking

4.3 Manuscript Validation

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1. Before posting

For manuscripts, the journal has 2 templates (Microsoft Word Submission Template and Primary Article Template - LaTeX ). The following instructions are all MS-Word 2016 version instructions under the Windows system.

1 Accessibility

1.1 Setting the title

To increase the accessibility of the manuscript, set title and language metadata.

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Figure 1 Accessibility Settings

1.2 Set document language

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Figure 2 Document language settings

2 Detailed description of the template

2.1 Settings before using the template

The "Style" of the template has already been partially formatted (head 1-4 for level 1-4, postparahead for the first paragraph after the title, etc.), and the " Style Task Panel " can be opened and viewed with the shortcut keys Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S.

2.2 Typesetting using templates

Before acceptance, papers are in single-column format (try not to change any styles and margins ), without headers and footers .

1) Insert CCS concepts

You can check the articles similar to yours in the same journal, see the CCS terms they use, and then follow the steps below: 

(1) First use the CCS tool to generate the corresponding code

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Figure 3 CCS tool generates XML code

(2) Then, insert MS-Word, the specific process is: file-information-properties-remarks.

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Figure 4 Insert XML code into Word

2) Insert table

A table is a "floating element" immediately following its first text reference (Table is used in the text, not the abbreviation Tab.).

For tables, images cannot be used for presentation. Use the style TableCaption for labeling , and you also need to set the header . There are two methods:

• Method 1: Use the style TableHead setting;
• Method 2: Select the first row—right click—table properties—row—repeatedly appear as a title row at the top of each page.

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Figure 5 Form property settings

3) Insert picture description 

Figures are all "floating elements" immediately after their first text reference (the text uses Figure, not the abbreviation Fig.).

For pictures, there is a specific logo style — Image , and its label adopts logo style — FigureCaption .

(1) Figure description

Image descriptions communicate what's in an image to people who can't see it, and are also used by search engine crawlers to index images.

Figure descriptions must be plain text, and their purpose is to capture important information not provided in the title or the body of the paper, therefore, figure titles should not be simply repeated. How to better write graph descriptions can refer to the documents provided by the official website .

How to insert a picture description in Word, the specific operation is as follows:

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Figure 6 diagram describes the process of adding

 2. After acceptance

Download the ACM Primary Article Template template Windows , the meaning of each function module in the menu bar in the template is shown in Table 1.

Table 1 The meaning of each tool under the menu bar

Style Tag	Definition	Style Tag	Definition
Title_document	main title of article	ListParagraph	list items
Subtitle	subtitle of article	Statements	math statements
Authors	author name	Extract	block quotations
Affiliation	author affiliation information	Algorithm Caption	caption for algorithm
AuthNotes	footnote to author(s)	AckHead	heading for acknowledgements
Abstract	abstract text	AckPara	acknowledgements text
CCSHead	heading for CSS Concepts	GrantSponsor	sponsor of grant
CCSDescription	CSS terms	GrantNumber	number for the grant
KeyWordHead	heading for keywords	ReferenceHead	heading for references
Keywords	keywords text	Bib_entry	references
ORCID	author's ORCHID #	AppendixH1	appendix heading level 1
Head1	heading level 1	AppendixH2	appendix heading level 2
Head2	heading level 2	AppendixH3	appendix heading level 3
Head3	heading level 3	TableCaption	title of table
PostHeadPara	first paragraph after a heading	TableHead TableFootnote	column head of table footnote to table
For	Subsequent paragraphs of general text	Image	figures
ParaContinue	flush left text after display items like math equations, lists etc.	DOI	Digital object identifier
DisplayFormula	numbered math equation	Label	label a
DisplayFormulaUnnum	unnumbered equations	In-text code	intext computer code
Computer Code	Display Computer codes	Short Title	Short title of article

a this is example of table footnote. 

The following are the template usage instructions and steps provided by most official websites , and you can check them yourself if necessary.

1 Associate ACM Primary Article Template

The specific associated operations are: File - Options - Add-ins - Management (Template) - Go - Document Template (Optional) - Find the ACM Primary Article Template save path - select the file and open it.

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Figure 7 Associate ACM Primary Article Template flow chart

2 Draft view with Styles panel open

It is recommended to typesetting in the " Draft " view, and at the same time open the style panel on the left side of the editing area [File-Options-Advanced-Display-Style area pane width in draft and outline view (1-1.5 is more appropriate)].

According to the style panel on the left side of the text editing area, check the corresponding relationship between the article title, author and its information, paragraph style, etc. and the content of the manuscript.

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Figure 8 Flow chart of opening the style panel

3 Insert/View ORCID ID

Insert ORCID: Select the author's name—select the ORCID tool—enter the ORCID number.

View ORCID: Insert - Bookmark - Locate

4 Run the ACM Primary Article Template macro

In the case that the paragraph style of the article is correct with the text and references (the numbers in the text correspond to the references), run the next steps.

4.1 Reference

There are two ways to link references: 1. According to the number; 2. According to the year of the author. Follow-up is mainly in accordance with the order of numbers, and the specific process is as follows:

1. Select "Cross-referencing" from the "Reference and Cross Linking" menu, then select "Float and Bibliography";
2. A pop-up box asks whether the [Final Position of Reference] is correct, confirm and select "yes", otherwise select "no" to adjust;
3. After selecting "yes", the pop-up box asks to select "reference type", [1] means according to the numbering order, and [2] means according to the author's year.

4.2  Cross Linking

The "Float and Bibliography" macro also automatically marks references and links to all floating elements (tables, figures, equations, etc.) in the text.

4.3 Manuscript Validation

After completing all the above steps, run the Manuscript Validation macro to check the document for errors.