IEEE Standards Word Template

1
IEEE Standards Word Template
IEEE-SA Standards Board
Yvette Ho Sang, Manager Standards Publishing
Hollywood, Florida 7 December 2005
2
Outline

• Background
• Development
• Features

3
Background

• Effort to address the round trip
• Need to provide tools to streamline document
  development for standards participants
• Drive toward streamlining IEEE-SA Publishing
  processes
• Requirement for compatibility with IEEE systems

4
Development

• Team established to develop user requirements,
  led by Don Messina
• Volunteers solicited to provide input and
  feedback
• Early reviewers Steve Berger, Jim Wilson, Mick
  Maytum, Craig Preuss, Dennis Lawrence, Ken Hall
• Early implementers Don Heirman (the entire C63
  committee), Jim Wilson (the SPD committee), Steve
  Berger (the EMC committee)

5
Features

• Macro-driven
• Fonts managed
• Generated style and layout to match the
  requirements in the IEEE Standards Style Manual
• Template updated along with any updates to the
  IEEE Standards Style Manual
• Detailed guide developed to accompany template

6
Features

• Outcome
• Working groups will obtain an edited version of
  the Word document that can be used for future
  revisions or amendments
• Working groups can spend more time writing their
  drafts rather then wondering what style or font
  should be applied
• Working groups will be relieved of some of the
  responsibility for implementing the requirements
  of the Style Manual

7
Features

• Template is available from the IEEE Web site
• http//standards.ieee.org/resources/development/wr
  iting/templates.html
• Please email comments/queries to
  stds-style_at_ieee.org