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Index of Tips & Guidelines

Participants in conferences or speaker series may sometimes have their papers made available on a web site in PDF format. PDF files can be viewed on any computer operating system with free software, such as Adobe Reader or Preview. (An ongoing example is the Colloquium Series of the Yale Program in Agrarian Studies.)

Speakers would be asked to submit their papers as digital files. Below are the preferred formats for submitting such papers, listed in descending order of preference:

1. PDF [Portable Document Format] — converted to PDF by author (only option if non-western or other special fonts are used; best option if preserving layout and page breaks are important; all fonts should be embedded, if possible)

2. Rich Text Format (RTF) — most word processors have the option of saving as RTF; the webmaster will convert the RTF file to PDF format

3. A word-processing file other than MS Word — the webmaster will convert the file to PDF format

4. MS Word file — the webmaster will convert the file to PDF format (least desirable option; layout and some fonts will probably change). if you must send a MS Word file, please restrict use of style sheets and unnecessary formatting, and do not employ advanced features such as "fast save," live "track changes," or live bibliographic citations.