Southern Section ASAS

 Instructions for Abstract Submission-2003

DUE DATE: MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 11:59 p.m. CENTRAL TIME ON, OCTOBER 16, 2002.

All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the World Wide Web, at http://www.asas.org/southern/2003/index.html.  Instructions for submitting the abstract are available on the Web site.  When you submit your abstract, you will be given a tracking number and password.  Make a note of these they will allow you to revise your submitted abstract at any time before the deadline.  After the deadline it will not be possible to submit abstracts.

Space limitations allow a maximum of 2,300 keystrokes (including characters, spaces, and punctuation).  Begin count at the title and end count with the last key word or end of a table if one is included.  Abstracts that are too long will be rejected automatically by the system.  Coding for special characters is not included in the total keystroke count.  If you must use boldface, italic or sub-/superscript type anywhere in the abstract, consult the Text Attributes Coding information below.  This special coding is not counted in the 2,300 allowed keystrokes. Special characters such as Greek letters and math symbols are available on the electronic submission form itself.

Section Preferences/Topics:

Breeding and Genetics                                                   Undergraduate Student Competition        

Animal Science/Forages Joint Session                            Graduate Student Competition

Physiology                                                                    Non-Ruminant Animal Production

Extension                                                                      Ruminant Animal Production

Meats                                                                           Small Ruminant

Teaching and Undergraduate Education

If Your Abstract Includes a Table:

Although including a table in your abstract is not encouraged, the electronic submission form does allow submission of tables. The printed abstract width allows for 70 keystrokes per line, including spaces; keep this in mind when formatting the table. Tables that are too wide are not printable.  You must also include coding for text attributes in the table.  This includes the italicization, superscripting and subscripting of numbers and letters in the table and the footnotes.

Text Attributes Coding Information

To make a word boldface, type                                  \bold{word}

To italicize a word, type                                               \italicize{word}

To make a character superscript, type            $^{3}$              (superscript 3 in this example)

To make a character subscript, type                           $_{2}$  (subscript 2 in this example)

To insert a hat above a character, type                       \hat{a} (â in this example)

Do not insert any extra spaces between the coding string and the adjacent characters in a word or expression. Do not use your word processor’s attribute functions to create bold, italic, or super-/subscripts. You must use the coding given above.  The characters %, #, &, _, ^, $, and {} are used by the LaTeX formatting language, which we use to format the abstract. If you need to use one of these characters in your abstract, it must be preceded by a \ (backslash).  For open and close quotes, use `` (2 single open quotes, from your keyboard) for open, and ‘’ (2 apostrophes, from your keyboard) for close quotes.  NOTE: If you cut and paste the text of your abstract from a word processing program to the submission form, do not cut and paste word process coding.  TeX coding must be used for any non-keyboard character.  Special math and Greek characters are available from a grid on the submission form itself.  The character boxes to the right of the text area are provided so that you do not have to insert TeX coding for these characters.  Clicking on one of these characters in the box will insert the code for that character into your abstract document. Please note: Characters you choose from the boxes always appear at the end of the text already present in the abstract text area. If you have pasted your abstract into the text area from another word processor file, any special character you choose will appear at the end of your abstract. Simply highlight the code for this character then cut and paste it into the correct location in the abstract text.

Questions:  After reading these instructions, if you have any questions regarding submission, contact Paula Schultz, ASAS Headquarters Office (paulas@assochq.org or 217-356-9050 ext. 21).