Text Formatting ⇒ IEEEconf | Override Layout Settings

[mahaju]

Hi,

I am a beginner in LaTeX so I was trying out the bare_conf.tex provided by IEEE which uses IEEEconf class. I am trying to use this as a template for writing my own paper. However the specific details for the format of the paper that I need are a bit different from the standard IEEE conference format. Hence I was wondering how I might override few of the default layout settings provided by the IEEE template.

For example, the template allows the use of a {abstract} environment which causes the abstract to appear in the left column with the abstract text beginning from the same line as the title "Abstract - ". However I want the abstract to appear before the column break begins, below the title, name and e-mail of the authors and I want it's font size to be different then specified in the IEEE template.

This is just an example and there are few more places where I need to override the default IEEE template layout settings. Please let me know how I can do this which will give me starting point for my work.

Thank you.

[localghost]

Just for information to other users for awareness of possibly already existing solutions. The question has also been posted to {TeX} SX.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

you could use \renewcommand do redefine commands and \renewenvironment for redefining environments, such as the abstract environment.

Have a look at the section Definitions in the reference manual, where those commands are explained.

Perhaps try \renewenvironment{abstract}{...}{...}, as you like to have the formatting, and if you have problems just let us know, showing the code. The best is usually posting a minimal working example which shows a problem, easy to test and to fix, nearly a guarantee for a solution.

Stefan