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- Where can I find the institution reference
numbers?
- How do I add bold, underline, or italics to
my abstract?
- How do I insert special characters or symbols?
- How do I insert a table?
- How do I format a table?
- How do I insert a figure?
- I am finished with my abstract. Where is
the submit button?
- Why was I able to create a username and
password, but when I try to enter any other information the
server times out or hangs?
- When I leave the authors (or any other) data
entry screen and then come back it appears to have lost all
of my changes. Is my data lost and if so, how can I get it
back?
- When I try to paste a simple table into
the body of the abstract it looks okay where I typed it in,
but when I go to the preview it doesn't look right. How can
I get it to hold?
- After entering all of my abstract information
the program says my abstract is too long. I cut and pasted
the body of my abstract into another program and the word count
is well below the X character limit. Why is the program saying
my abstract is long?
- Why am I unable to create a username and password?
- Why does my abstract print out on more than
one page?
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If you scroll down to the bottom of the Author/Institution
page you will see the area where you enter the institution information
for your abstract. Once that is entered, take the corresponding
institution number (listed to the left of each entry) and put
it in the institution reference space of the author that belongs
to that institution.
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Internet Explorer users
Use the Formatting Buttons. To add special formatting
to your abstract highlight the text to be formatted and click
on the appropriate symbol on the formatting menu. The formatting
menu can be found to the right of the Character Map button.
Netscape or MAC users
To add special formatting to your text, you must
type a special code before and after the text you want to format.
For example, to add bold formatting to a word or phrase in your
abstract, you would enter the following information:
[bold] word or phrase [/bold]
The special codes are as follows:
Bold: Insert [bold] before
the text and [/bold] after the text.
Italic: Insert [italic] before the text
and [/italic] after the text.
Underline: Insert [underline] before the
text and [/underline] after the text.
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To add a Greek character or symbol , click the character
you wish to insert on the Character Map. The program will automatically
insert at the end of the text a special code for that character
in the text box. You will then need to copy the code and place
it within the text of your abstract where you would like it.
Another way to do this is to insert the character name in [square
brackets]. For example: [alpha], [plusminus] or [prime]
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To create a table, click on Add/Edit table, enter the number
of columns and rows then click ok. You will come to a screen
that will have the row and columns set up for you. You will
then need to enter the data in each cell. When you preview
your abstract the table will appear as it should.
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To add Greek characters and symbols, click on the Character Map
within the Add/Edit Table screen. You can also use the special
bracket codes for bold, italics, underline, superscript and
subscript. Click on the Formatting Help button to see instructions
on how to add these types of formatting. The "Preview
Abstract" screen will show boxes around each table entry.
The boxes will be removed prior to publication and the table
will appear in a standard table format.
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To add a figure to your abstract, click on Add/Edit a Figure.
Type the number of images you would like to include in your
abstract and hit the Save button. By hitting Save it will allow
you to upload your image. Click on the Browse button, find
your saved image, and double click on it. After you have done
this, click on the Upload button to upload your figure. You
must then show within the abstract text where you would like
the image placed. Type [figure1] in the text where you want
your image to be placed. You can preview your image after uploading
it by clicking on the Preview Image icon. It is recommended
that a hard copy of the image is mailed to Marathon Multimedia
so that there is a hard copy on file.
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Along the left side of the Internet page click on the "Submit
Abstract" button. Click OK if you are finished editing.
You will need to click the red box in the top center of your
screen that states, "Yes, I am finished making changes.
Submit my abstract now". If you have submitted successfully
you will be directed to a "Thank you for submitting" screen.
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You may have a firewall at the location you are working from.
Speak to your System's Administrator on how to take down the
firewall or get around it. You can also try submitting from home
or another location.
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Your data is probably not lost if you hit the save key. What
is happening is your computer or server is caching pages, or
displaying the page as it remembers it when first opened. If
you hit the reload/refresh button you will force the computer
to go out and get a fresh copy of the page, which should have
your changes reflected on it.
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The submission program does not allow tables to be pasted directly
into the body of the abstract. To ensure that we receive the
table in the proper format you are required to enter any tabular
information into the table function built into the program. Simply
click on add/edit table and enter the data into the cells provided.
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The program counts all published sections of the abstract when
determining the size. You would need to take the authors, institutions,
title, and body (along with table and figure if present) into
account to get an accurate size count using another program.
Spaces are also included in the character count.
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In the process of creating a username and password you also have
to provide a secret word or phrase. This is required in case
you forget your password. You will be asked for your secret word
or phrase and once you give the correct answer you will then
be given your password. If you are unable to create a username
and password it is most likely that this secret word or phrase
has already been used by another person. The secret word or phrase
is a unique identifier so it can only be used once. Try using
a different secret word or phrase to create your login.
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If you have an image within your abstract and it has large dimensions
it will push the abstract onto a second page. You need to resize
your image's dimensions and re-upload it so that it fits onto
one page.
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