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</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> Call for Papers/Abstracts</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> PracTeX Journal: Issue 2012-1</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> Issue theme: "LaTeX in the IT World"</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> <a href="http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/" target="_blank">http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> ISSN 1556-6994</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> Submissions due January 31, 2012 (extended)</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Dear LaTeX and TeX Users,</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div>
<font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">The PracTeX Journal (the International Online LaTeX/TeX Journal) has</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">been publishing articles since 2005. Since its first edition, TPJ has</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">presented a wide range of articles on the practical use of LaTeX and</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">TeX. During these years, we have worked hard to present articles that</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">are useful to our readership. Among these articles are ones that</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">describe tools and techniques that can be used for teaching or</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">commercial purposes.</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">The PracTeX Journal brings together researchers and practitioners from</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">diverse fields, such as mathematics, physics, computer science, social</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">sciences, business, education, and others. Our purpose is to present</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">ideas on the use of LaTeX and TeX among different disciplines and</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">platforms, through the sharing of techniques as well as examples of</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">LaTeX and TeX markup.</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Highlights</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">The PracTeX Journal 2012-1 issue has the theme "LaTeX in the IT</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">World".</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> </font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">The goal of this issue is to provide opportunities for technical</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">collaboration beyond academic walls, and present ideas on the use of</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">tools for education, teaching, classroom and commercial purposes. We</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">are looking for articles that discuss tools and techniques for using</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">LaTeX and TeX in IT, including making web page content, pulling</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">documents from databases and spreadsheets, managing programming</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">projects and source code, and other areas where LaTeX and automation</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">meet. Actual examples and LaTeX sources and markup are encouraged.</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++++++++++</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Topics of Interest</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++++++++++</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">We look forward to receiving your paper submission by next January,</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">with innovative contributions in any of the TPJ main topic areas. </font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">The topics and areas include, but not limited to:</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Tools that assist the students/authors in preparing</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> graphics, indexes, bibliographies, and other parts of documents;</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Text manipulation tools;</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Tutorials;</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Short videos;</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Free or almost free tools;</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Teaching texts;</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Homework styles;</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"> - Cross-platform tools.</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">We encourage you to submit original papers describing your experiences</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">using LaTeX and TeX tools in an academic setting, and also papers on</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">tool development work in progress or completed.</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++++++++++</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">On-Line Submissions</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++++++++++</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">If you would like to submit an article or technical note for</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">publication please contact the editors at mailto:<a href="mailto:pracjourn@tug.org" target="_blank">pracjourn@tug.org</a>.</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Production Editors on the</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity.</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">All authors of accepted articles will be kept apprised of their</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">article's progress.</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Please see <a href="http://tug.org/pracjourn/submit.html" target="_blank">http://tug.org/pracjourn/submit.html</a> for the Journal's</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">guidelines.</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">+++++++++++++++</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Important Dates</font></div>
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<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">- Acceptance notification: Before Feb. 15, 2012</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">- Publication date: March, 2012</font></div>
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<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">2005, The PracTeX Journal has accepted papers not only in English but</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">also Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Chinese, Korean,</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Romanian, and Italian. However, please contact the editors in</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">English, and submit an English abstract as well.</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Best Regards,</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">Francisco Reinaldo</font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace">2012-1 Issue Editor</font></div>
<div><font face="'courier new', monospace">mailto:<a href="mailto:pracjourn@tug.org" target="_blank">pracjourn@tug.org</a></font></div>
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