Title – Place your title here
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Abstract

The abstract should summarize the content of the paper. Make it a single paragraph. Try to keep it below 250 words and do not include equations or references in it. If you use abbreviations in the paper, i.e., CIS, use the full meaning of the abbreviation in the abstract, i.e., Computer Information Systems.

Keywords: Select four to six keywords that capture the essence of the paper. List the words in decreasing order of importance from left to right, with commas between the key word concepts.

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Page Layout Options

The entire document layout (every page) should be set to 1.2 top margin, 1.1 bottom margin, 1.0 left margin, and 1.0 right margin. After the keywords, insert a section break (use - Breaks) - continuous and format column to two (3.1 inch) with spacing of 0.3 inches between columns. While on the Page Layout Tab, change the Hyphenation Option to NONE.

In addition set your pages to full justification. Do not use any headers, footers, page numbers or footnotes in your document. If you have any headers/footers please delete all as they will interfere with the conference information we will place there when published to the web.

Set the font to Verdana, if you have it available. Use 9 point font for the body of the paper. If you do not have Verdana use Times New Roman.

Use the paragraph / spacing options to set paragraphs to alignment justified, indent zero, spacing before to 0pt, spacing below zero, and line spacing zero. Please check your paragraph line spacing as the newer MS templates defaults the line spacing to 1.15, please revise to single.

The font should be Verdana 9 pt. Put two spaces between sentences and a blank row between paragraphs.

Title

The title should be Verdana 18pt font, Mixed Case (not UPPER CASE), not bold. You may insert soft returns (shift enter) into long titles to improve readability. Center your title. Because the first page top margin is 1.2 inches, please add a blank line before the title.

Figures and Tables

Place the identifying description of the table or figure below the table or figure and center. Tables and figures that exceed one column should be places in an Appendix.

2. NEW SECTION HEADINGS

Major headings are to be column centered, numbered, in a capitalized bold font as shown in this document.

Subheadings

Should be bolded and left justified using upper and lower case. Insert a blank row before the subheading but not after.

New paragraphs should be left justified including the first line. Leave a blank line between paragraphs.

Continue to write your excellent paper in this format.

3. CONCLUSIONS

The enhancements to information systems education is identified or repeated here. DO NOT repeat the abstract or portions of it.

4. REFERENCES

We request you follow the APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines to cite sources. Following are examples of typical citation items:

Harris, A. (2009). Publishing in JISE. Journal of Information Systems Educators, 7(1), 12-15. (Journal 1 Author)

Harris, A., & Harris J. (2009). Publishing in JISE. Journal of Information Systems Educators, 7(1), 12-15. (Journal 2 Author)

Harris, A., Harris J., & Colton D. (2009). Publishing in JISE. Journal of Information Systems Educators, 7(1), 12-15. (Journal 3 or more Authors)

White, B. (2009, June 1). Why June is a great month to submit an article to ISECON. Chronicle of Higher Education, 22(7), 15-16. (Magazine Article)

Ashby, W. Ross (1956). An Introduction to Cybernetics. Methuen Press, London. (Book)

Hunsinger, S. (2010). My life with Word Press. In M. Smith (Ed.), Word Press in the 21st Century High Point, NC: High Point Press. (Book Chapter with Editor)

Sendall, P., & Ceccucci, W. (2008). Why Web 2.0 implies I should get a raise. New England Online Education 7(12). Retrieved June 6, 2010 from http://giveaddress.com/xxx (On line Journal or Publication or Article)

When citing references in the text, include the last name and year. The citation should appear in parentheses such as (Ashby, 1956) or, if you need to comment about Ashby (1956) stated we are great.

Two author papers should be cited in the document as (Harris & Harris, 2009).

Three or more authors in a paper should be cited the first time with the names all authors as in: (Harris, Harris, & Colton, 2009). However addition citations in the document with 3 or more authors should abbreviate the list as (Harris et al., 2009).

If two or more papers are cited by the same author, separate the years with commas. Identical years for the same author should appear as (2009a) and (2009b) in the body of the document as well as the references.

Appendices and Annexures

Typically an appendix or annexure will include actual handouts given in class, or questionnaires used for surveys, or other presentation graphics and tables that do not fit readily into the body of the paper but are still important for clarity or completeness. Often these items were prepared for other purposes than presentation as a part of you paper, and it is acceptable that they do not adhere to font face, font size, and column requirements observed elsewhere in your paper.

In appendices, you are allowed to have margins that are larger but not smaller than the generally required margins, which are 1.2 top margin, 1.1 bottom margin, 1.0 left margin, and 1.0right margin

So long as you adhere to the margin requirements, appendices may be presented in any format that you desire.

Rotated pages (landscape orientation) are not allowed in the body of the document, but they are permitted in the appendices. This will allow the entire page to be rotated anti-clockwise 90 degrees for final typesetting.