% ESRFProposal.tex ! ESRF application proposal template % % - Written by Andy Hammersley, ESRF 2nd September 1994 % - Now much fixed by Bill Pulford ESRF 15th Feb 1996 and 17th Feb 1997 % - Updated version that produces more or less same output as new % Word form, T.Asthalter 1.3.99 (also incorporating changes done % by Adriano Filipponi in Feb 99) % - Updated + enhanced flexibility on p.3/4 13.7.99 T.Asthalter % - Latest version for electronic submission with all checkboxes etc. % gone (i.e. the pertaining comments in the header do not apply % any more) 23.8.2000 t.Asthalter % - Updated version taking into account changes to the section headings % of the new template 22.01.2010 J.McCarthy % % This is a template file, designed to be edited by scientists wishing to % produce ESRF beam-time proposal forms using LaTeX. The layout of the % form is described in a LaTeX ``style'' file, so all the proposer needs % to do is fill in the appropriate information in the correct ``fields''. % Standard LaTeX mark-up commands can be used to enter greek characters, % etc. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING IN THE FORM %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % 1. Read ``Guidelines for Beam-Time Allocation at the ESRF'' % 2. Use paper copy of form, to understand nature of questions to fill in % 3. Copy the template file ESRFProposal2009.tex (this file) to your own % directory with an appropriate name. So that you can edit it and create % your own proposal. (Note: the percentage sign is a comment sign in % LaTeX.) % 4. For each tick box, and area where text can be input, this template % contains a LaTeX command (defined in the ESRFProposal2009.sty style file) % Your information needs to be typed in between the curly brackets of the % commands. % % 5. It is your responsibility to check that the amount of information % that has been entered fits onto the form, and is readable (when % reduced in size). When you have completed, or partially completed % the form, you can check the layout, and text with a previewer (if % available) e.g. xdvi The entire form is in standard LaTeX, so should % be displayed correctly. % NOTE: since the default dont size is 12py, using the \small command % in order to get more text into the form will produce text not % compliant with the instruction on top. Please rather try to shorten % your text. % 6. As the proposal form is in ASCII it can be easily sent by email % to your collegues, BUT MUST NOT BE SENT TO THE ESRF USER OFFICE. % 7. To produce paper output you will need to use a program to convert % the .dvi file to a suitable printer format e.g. PostScript. When % doing this you will almost certainly need to specify that the output % is A4 size, otherwise the text will not fit on the ``paper''. % e.g. dvips needs the option -t a4 to produce an A4 output PostScript % file. To produce the PostScript file ``file.ps'', from the dvi % file ``file.dvi'' the following command line might be used (which % redirects the output into a file). % dvips -t a4 file > file.ps % (With an alternative program to produce PostScript files from dvi % files another option may be needed.) % 8. Paper copies of the proposal should be sent to the ESRF user % office (as with the other proposal form application methods). % NOTE 23/8/00: This point is obsolete; rather use the electronic % submission instead. % 9. The ESRF cannot give general advice on the usage of LaTeX, if % you have problems with LaTeX consult collegues for advice, or the % LaTeX User Guide and Reference Manual, written by Leslie Lamport, % Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, ISBN 0-201-15790-X (other LaTeX % manuals are also available, and in different languages.) % 10. If LaTeX produces errors, it may be that the ``ESRFProposal2009.sty'' % file is missing from the standard TeX style files directory. Your % system administrator should be able to obtain the file % (aftp expga.esrf.fr) and install it in the correct general directory. % Don't change the names of any of the commands, or delete the % commands, as this will cause errors. % 11. In order to obtain the ESRF logo, this file uses the PSTRICKS % package. This package should be available with any standard LaTeX2e % installation. Otherwise, .sty files and other info may e.g. be % obtained from ftp.dante.de under pub/tex/graphics/pstricks (login % as anonymous). % 12. If you include a picture using psfig or a similar package and % make use of the LaTeX picture command, you must type % \vspace{y} % after the picture command if y was the height of the picture. Otherwise % on page 3 and 4 subsequent sections may overlap with your picture. \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{exp_meth_stand2009_latex} %\usepackage{psfig} \usepackage{pstricks} \begin{document} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Page 1 information %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Detailed Description of proposed experiment (including list of relevant % published literature) (Can be continued on next page) \ProposalSummary{ \vspace{4cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } \ScientificBackground{ \vspace{9cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } \ExperimentalTechniques{ \vspace{5cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Page 2 information %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \TechniquesContinued{ \vspace{7cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } \BeamlinesRequired{ \vspace{4cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } \ResultsExpected{ \vspace{7cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } \References{ \vspace{3cm} %%% please replace this dummy by your own text } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Create document %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Create first page of proposal form \PageOne \PageTwo \end{document}