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From: jourdan@minos.inria.fr (Martin Jourdan)
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Subject: Re: Springer-Verlag recommendations (for LaTeX)
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Date: 28 Sep 90 10:17:54 GMT
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In article <RALPH.90Sep26115127@orion.laas.fr>, ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P.
Sobek) writes:
=> In the same vein as Philippe Louarn's question, does there exist a
=> Springer-Verlag style file for LaTeX?

Here is the one that I use:

% Style file for Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science
% series.
% Uses the ``12pt chars on 16x23.5cm output size'' option and center
% on A4 page.
% Martin Jourdan, INRIA (jourdan@minos.inria.fr), Thu May 17 1990
\ifnum \@ptsize < 2 % check char size
    \edef\@tempc{A paper for the LNCS series should be
	set in 12pt base character size.^^JAbort immediately by typing `x' and
	use `12pt' as a documentstyle option.}%
    \expandafter\errhelp\expandafter{\@tempc}%
    \errmessage{Not in 12pt base size}
\fi
\oddsidemargin 0 in
\evensidemargin 0 in
\marginparwidth 0 in
\textheight=23.5cm
\textwidth=16cm
\headheight 0pt
\headsep 0pt
\topmargin -1.2cm               % to center vertically
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength{\bibparindent}{2.0cm}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}

Usage:

\documentstyle[12pt,LNCS]{article}

NOTE: this is by no means official, but it seems to match S-V's specs
fairly well.  At least I never had any remark about papers I produced using it.

Martin Jourdan <jourdan@minos.inria.fr>, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France.
Why do we need all these %$#@%$# disclaimers?!?