% Some very useful LaTeX packages include: % (uncomment the ones you want to load) % *** MISC UTILITY PACKAGES *** %\usepackage{ifpdf} % Heiko Oberdiek's ifpdf.sty is very useful if you need conditional % compilation based on whether the output is pdf or dvi. % usage: % \ifpdf % % pdf code % \else % % dvi code % \fi % The latest version of ifpdf.sty can be obtained from: % http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ifpdf % Also, note that IEEEtran.cls V1.7 and later provides a builtin % \ifCLASSINFOpdf conditional that works the same way. % When switching from latex to pdflatex and vice-versa, the compiler may % have to be run twice to clear warning/error messages. % *** CITATION PACKAGES *** %\usepackage{cite} \usepackage[noadjust]{cite} % cite.sty was written by Donald Arseneau % V1.6 and later of IEEEtran pre-defines the format of the cite.sty package % \cite{} output to follow that of the IEEE. Loading the cite package will % result in citation numbers being automatically sorted and properly % "compressed/ranged". e.g., [1], [9], [2], [7], [5], [6] without using % cite.sty will become [1], [2], [5]--[7], [9] using cite.sty. cite.sty's % \cite will automatically add leading space, if needed. Use cite.sty's % noadjust option (cite.sty V3.8 and later) if you want to turn this off % such as if a citation ever needs to be enclosed in parenthesis. % cite.sty is already installed on most LaTeX systems. 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The IEEE frowns on bitmapped formats % which can result in "jaggedy"/blurry rendering of lines and letters as % well as large increases in file sizes. % % You can find documentation about the pdfTeX application at: % http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex % *** MATH PACKAGES *** \usepackage{amsmath} % A popular package from the American Mathematical Society that provides % many useful and powerful commands for dealing with mathematics. % % Note that the amsmath package sets \interdisplaylinepenalty to 10000 % thus preventing page breaks from occurring within multiline equations. Use: %\interdisplaylinepenalty=2500 % after loading amsmath to restore such page breaks as IEEEtran.cls normally % does. amsmath.sty is already installed on most LaTeX systems. 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The % latest version and documentation can be obtained at: % http://www.ctan.org/pkg/array % IEEEtran contains the IEEEeqnarray family of commands that can be used to % generate multiline equations as well as matrices, tables, etc., of high % quality. % *** SUBFIGURE PACKAGES *** %\ifCLASSOPTIONcompsoc % \usepackage[caption=false,font=normalsize,labelfont=sf,textfont=sf]{subfig} %\else % \usepackage[caption=false,font=footnotesize]{subfig} %\fi % subfig.sty, written by Steven Douglas Cochran, is the modern replacement % for subfigure.sty, the latter of which is no longer maintained and is % incompatible with some LaTeX packages including fixltx2e. However, % subfig.sty requires and automatically loads Axel Sommerfeldt's caption.sty % which will override IEEEtran.cls' handling of captions and this will result % in non-IEEE style figure/table captions. To prevent this problem, be sure % and invoke subfig.sty's "caption=false" package option (available since % subfig.sty version 1.3, 2005/06/28) as this is will preserve IEEEtran.cls % handling of captions. % Note that the Computer Society format requires a larger sans serif font % than the serif footnote size font used in traditional IEEE formatting % and thus the need to invoke different subfig.sty package options depending % on whether compsoc mode has been enabled. % % The latest version and documentation of subfig.sty can be obtained at: % http://www.ctan.org/pkg/subfig % *** FLOAT PACKAGES *** %\usepackage{fixltx2e} % fixltx2e, the successor to the earlier fix2col.sty, was written by % Frank Mittelbach and David Carlisle. This package corrects a few problems % in the LaTeX2e kernel, the most notable of which is that in current % LaTeX2e releases, the ordering of single and double column floats is not % guaranteed to be preserved. Thus, an unpatched LaTeX2e can allow a % single column figure to be placed prior to an earlier double column % figure. % Be aware that LaTeX2e kernels dated 2015 and later have fixltx2e.sty's % corrections already built into the system in which case a warning will % be issued if an attempt is made to load fixltx2e.sty as it is no longer % needed. % The latest version and documentation can be found at: % http://www.ctan.org/pkg/fixltx2e \usepackage{stfloats} % stfloats.sty was written by Sigitas Tolusis. This package gives LaTeX2e % the ability to do double column floats at the bottom of the page as well % as the top. (e.g., "\begin{figure*}[!b]" is not normally possible in % LaTeX2e). It also provides a command: \fnbelowfloat % to enable the placement of footnotes below bottom floats (the standard % LaTeX2e kernel puts them above bottom floats). This is an invasive package % which rewrites many portions of the LaTeX2e float routines. 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Do not be tempted to use the cuted.sty or midfloat.sty % packages (also by Sigitas Tolusis) as the IEEE does not format its papers in % such ways. % Do not attempt to use stfloats with fixltx2e as they are incompatible. % Instead, use Morten Hogholm'a dblfloatfix which combines the features % of both fixltx2e and stfloats: % % \usepackage{dblfloatfix} % The latest version can be found at: % http://www.ctan.org/pkg/dblfloatfix %\ifCLASSOPTIONcaptionsoff % \usepackage[nomarkers]{endfloat} % \let\MYoriglatexcaption\caption % \renewcommand{\caption}[2][\relax]{\MYoriglatexcaption[#2]{#2}} %\fi % endfloat.sty was written by James Darrell McCauley, Jeff Goldberg and % Axel Sommerfeldt. This package may be useful when used in conjunction with % IEEEtran.cls' captionsoff option. Some IEEE journals/societies require that % submissions have lists of figures/tables at the end of the paper and that % figures/tables without any captions are placed on a page by themselves at % the end of the document. If needed, the draftcls IEEEtran class option or % \CLASSINPUTbaselinestretch interface can be used to increase the line % spacing as well. Be sure and use the nomarkers option of endfloat to % prevent endfloat from "marking" where the figures would have been placed % in the text. The two hack lines of code above are a slight modification of % that suggested by in the endfloat docs (section 8.4.1) to ensure that % the full captions always appear in the list of figures/tables - even if % the user used the short optional argument of \caption[]{}. % IEEE papers do not typically make use of \caption[]'s optional argument, % so this should not be an issue. A similar trick can be used to disable % captions of packages such as subfig.sty that lack options to turn off % the subcaptions: % For subfig.sty: % \let\MYorigsubfloat\subfloat % \renewcommand{\subfloat}[2][\relax]{\MYorigsubfloat[]{#2}} % However, the above trick will not work if both optional arguments of % the \subfloat command are used. Furthermore, there needs to be a % description of each subfigure *somewhere* and endfloat does not add % subfigure captions to its list of figures. Thus, the best approach is to % avoid the use of subfigure captions (many IEEE journals avoid them anyway) % and instead reference/explain all the subfigures within the main caption. % The latest version of endfloat.sty and its documentation can obtained at: % http://www.ctan.org/pkg/endfloat % % The IEEEtran \ifCLASSOPTIONcaptionsoff conditional can also be used % later in the document, say, to conditionally put the References on a % page by themselves. % *** PDF, URL AND HYPERLINK PACKAGES *** %\usepackage{url} % url.sty was written by Donald Arseneau. It provides better support for % handling and breaking URLs. url.sty is already installed on most LaTeX % systems. 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