IUCr template for Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010

On opening the IUCr template, you should enter the main article details directly in the document as follows:

• use drop-down lists to select the journal and paper type
• use text boxes to add the title, keywords, synopsis and abstract

The author details are entered using a data collection tool, activated by clicking the author section below the title, or via the IUCr tab.

The rest of the document should be prepared by applying styles to format headings and sub-headings, etc.

Author details are entered using a data collection tool:

Author details will be:

• formatted according to journal style in your document
• stored as XML within your document
• stored as XML in a local database for future use

Storing the data as XML records within the document facilitates its automatic retrieval upon submission.

Styles are used to format the main body of the paper. The most important styles are the heading styles as these not only define the article's structure visually, but facilitate processing of the document once submitted.

The IUCr styles are available on the IUCr tab, as well as in Word's style gallery – clicking a style will apply it to the current paragraph. In addition a tool to review all styles is provided:

Check styles can be used to:

• change the current style to one of the IUCr styles
• change all occurences of the current style to one of the IUCr styles
• navigate through the document by paragraph or by style

Navigating through the document in this way may be useful if e.g. you have pasted the contents of another document into your manuscript.

The main body of a table should be prepared using Word's table tools. However, the appropriate styles should be applied to the table caption and any table headnotes and footnotes.

If your paper describes crystallographic structure determinations, you may find it useful to generate tables from external data sources:

Table tools can be used to:

• prepare tables of experimental and geometric data from a CIF
• prepare tables of experimental data for a structure in the PDB database

Figure captions should be listed with the appropriate style (this style applies figure numbering automatically).

Please note that separate image files will be required when submitting the manuscript (please refer to the Notes for Authors and Online Submission Instructions for the journal).