2: Suggested Naming Convention
• Place all files in a folder named with your last name.
• Name files following the convention
manuscript Manuscript
bibliography Bibliography
legends Figure legends
abstract Abstracts and keywords
tables Tables
fg Figure
• Include the chapter number in figure filenames.
• If there is more than one item, number the items using one leading zero if there are 99 or fewer of the item or two leading zeros if there are more than 100 of the item.
• Include the extension appropriate for the application that was used to create the file,
for example
doc Microsoft Word
txt ASCII text
tex TeX
cdx ChemDraw
pdf Adobe PDF file
Example
Smith/
manuscript.doc
bibliography.doc
legends.doc
tables.doc
abstract.doc
ch01fg01.eps
ch01fg02.eps
ch01fg03.eps
ch02fg01.eps
ch02fg02.eps
ch03fg01.eps
ch03fg02.eps
ch03fg03.eps
ch03fg04.eps
ch03fg05.eps
ch03fg06.eps
ch03fg07.eps
ch03fg08.eps
ch03fg09.eps
ch03fg10.eps
ch04fg01.eps
