[Scorecard] formatting figures for Tech Report

[Bob Zlomke]

Thanks, Frances.  I am uncertain how finished the second drafts due Oct
15 are supposed to be.  Should we try to put in all figures at this
point?  My inclination is to wait till the text is pretty much set, so
as to avoid unnecessary work, and I don't know whether we're there yet.

 
Thinking about budget, I would appreciate guidance as to how many future
iterations of the technical report we should plan for, if anybody has
thought about that.  If this is to be the last major iteration for me,
I'll feel better about taking the time to make all figures & will try to
format them all as requested.
 
Bob    

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From: scorecard-bounces at sonomacreek.net
[mailto:scorecard-bounces at sonomacreek.net] On Behalf Of Frances Knapczyk
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:20 AM
To: scorecard at sonomacreek.net
Subject: [Scorecard] formatting figures for Tech Report



Hello all,

We have not yet discussed formatting figures for the Scorecard technical
report; however, it would be great if authors would format their figures
using the following conventions:

 

  

1.	Place figures in word files, place in text near the first
reference to the figure in the text.  The figure title should be written
below the graph in MS Word. 
2.	Figures should be inserted as Tiff, jpeg, or ppt files. 
3.	If you make tiff files, please use the "LZW compression" option
when saving the files. That will significantly reduce the file size,
without adversely affecting the image quality. 

  

4.	All lettering should be no smaller than a 6-point font size.
(shoot for 10 pt, unless it's not manageable) 

 

5.	use arial font 

 

6.	Nomenclature, abbreviations, symbols, and units used in a figure
should match those used in the text and tables. 

      7. *Use italics only as used in the text (e.g., variables, species
names). All Greek letters should be set upright (roman, not italic) &*
Avoid boldface lettering.


        8.   Axis lines, tick marks, error bars, etc. should be thick
enough to be easily viewable

      9. use a black and white color scheme

     10.  Please submit original figure files so that we can make quick
changes if necessary

      11. graphs should be on white backgrounds, with borders on all
four sides

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

Frances Knapczyk

Education Coordinator

Napa County Resource Conservation District

1303 Jefferson Street Suite 500B

Napa, CA 94559

707/252-4188 x 120

frances at naparcd.org

 

 

 

 

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