Using PDF eXpress to create IEEE Xplore-compliant PDF files
Why you need to use PDF eXpress:
The new IEEE Xplore® Requirements for PDF will be enforced
as of 2005. All conference articles submitted to IEEE sponsored conferences
must be in IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF format.
IEEE offers PDF eXpress as a free service to IEEE conference authors, allowing
you to make Xplore-compatible PDFs (Conversion function) or to check PDFs you
have created yourself for Xplore compatibility (PDF Check function).
Advantages to authors:
- It provides a means for you to
convert your files to PDF, without requiring you to have access to a
conversion program.
- This conversion is provided in
an IEEE Xplore compatible format, without you having to worry about
conversion settings.
- The system emails the converted
file back to you, so you can make sure that your contribution is IEEE
Xplore compatible and that no unintended corruption occurred.
- It ensures that your paper
views and prints as well as possible in IEEE Xplore.
- By minimizing the risk of
post-processing problems, it reduces the amount of time it will take for
your paper to appear on IEEE Xplore.
- It greatly simplifies the task
of conforming to IEEE submission requirements.
1. Access the IEEE PDF eXpress site at http://www.pdf-express.org
First-time users:
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Previous users, but using it the
first time for a new conference:
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Returning users:
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a.
Click "New Users - Click
Here".
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a. Enter 31053x for the Conference ID,
your email address, and
enter the password you
used for your old account.
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a. Enter 31053x for the
Conference ID, email address
and password.
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b. Enter 31053x for the
Conference ID, your email
address, and choose a new
password. Continue to enter
information as prompted.
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b.
When you click "Login", you'll receive an error saying you
need
to set up an account. Simply click "Continue". By entering
your
previously used email address and password combination,
you
will enable your old account for access to this new
conference.
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c.
Check that the contact
information
is still valid, and
click "Submit".
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c.
You will receive online and email confirmation of successful
account setup.
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d.
You will receive online and email confirmation of successful
account setup.
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2. For each conference paper, click "Create New Title".
3. Enter identifying text for the paper (title is recommended but
not required)
4. Click "Submit PDF for Checking" or "Submit
Source Files for Conversion"
5. Indicate platform, source file type (if applicable), click
Browse and navigate to file, and click "Upload File". You will
receive online and email confirmation of successful upload
6. You will receive an email with your Checked PDF or IEEE PDF
eXpress-converted PDF attached. If you submitted a PDF for Checking, the email
will show if your file passed or failed.
Options
(choose one)
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If
the PDF submitted fails the PDF check:
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If
you are not satisfied with the IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF:
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If
the PDF submitted passed the PDF Check, or you are satisfied with your IEEE
PDF eXpress-converted PDF:
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Option 1
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Submit
your source file for
conversion
by clicking Try again, then Submit Source Files for Conversion
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Resubmit
your source file with corrections (Try again, then Submit
Source Files for Conversion)
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Option 2
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Read
the PDF Check report, then click "The PDF Check Report" in the sidebar
to get information on possible solutions
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Submit
a PDF by clicking Try again, then Submit PDF for Checking
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Submit
your IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF [per the conference's instructions].
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Option 3
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"Request
Technical Help" through your account
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"Request
a Manual Conversion" through your account
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