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% ISIS A3 experimental report file for LaTeX
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% version 2    14/08/97    S. J. Blundell
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% This is a LaTeX file which produces an ISIS A3 report.
% It will run under LaTeX 2.09 (the old one) or the new
%   LaTeX2e.  It needs no style files.
%
% It is not provided officially by ISIS but by me and therefore
% comes with no promises of reliability!  If you can improve it
% please let me know!
%
% It produces a report of exactly the same size as appears in the
% ISIS annual reports.  (you'll need to enlarge it on a photocopier
% if you really want an A3 version!)
%
% To use:
%
% Edit this file and leave all of the formatting commands at the
% beginning alone.  Just input the necessary information at the
% postions indicated.  You'll have to work by trial and error to get
% the length right.  If the report is too long it will spill on to
% a second (or more) page and you'll need to shorten it.
%
% As an example, look at the file example.tex, which also illustrates
% how to insert EPS figures using the "psfile" technique.  This works
% with `dvips' which most LaTeX users I know use.  A better way is
% perhaps with the epsf macros.
%
% So look below for the instructions  Step 1 and Step 2  !!!
%
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\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\footnotesize
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\put(0.2,3.5 ){\huge\bf ISIS Experimental Report}
\put(0.2,2.75){\Large\bf Rutherford Appleton Laboratory}
\put(0.2,1.95){\bf Title of Experiment:}
\put(0.2,1.4){\bf Principal Proposer:}
\put(0.2,0.85){\bf Affiliation:}
\put(0.2,0.3){\bf Experimental Team:}
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\put(12.25,3.0){\makebox(0,0)[l]{{\bf Date of Report:}}}
\put(12.25,2.05){\makebox(0,0)[l]{{\bf Local Contact:}}}
\put(12.25,1.5){\makebox(0,0)[l]{{\bf Instrument:}}}
\put(12.25,0.7){\makebox(0,0)[l]{{\bf Date of Experiment:}}}


% Step (1)
% Insert the real information into the following lines
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% NB put the text between the "\sf" and the "}".


% Put the experiment title here
\put(3.8,1.95){\sf A \LaTeX\ file for producing ISIS reports     }

% Put the name of the experiment title here
\put(3.8,1.4){\sf  S. J. Blundell      }

% Put your address here
\put(3.8,0.85){\sf Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford     }

% Put the names of the experimental team here
\put(3.8,0.3){\sf  S. J. Blundell     }

% Put your RB number here
\put(16.8,3.8){\makebox(0,0)[r]{{\sf 1234      }}}

% Put the date of the report here  e.g. 1/8/97
\put(16.8,3.0){\makebox(0,0)[r]{{\sf 14/8/97      }}}

% Put the name of the local contact here
\put(16.8,2.05){\makebox(0,0)[r]{{\sf A. N. Other     }}}

% Put the name of the instrument here
\put(16.8,1.5){\makebox(0,0)[r]{{\sf  MuSR     }}}

% Put the date of the experiment here  e.g. 1/7/97
\put(16.8,0.3){\makebox(0,0)[r]{{\sf  14/8/97     }}}

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% Step (2)
% Place the text of the report in the lines below:
% ************************************************

You can make ISIS A3 reports using a Microsoft Word file, available from the
ISIS webserver. You can make ISIS A3 reports using scissors and glue. But if
you are blessed with more discernment and cultivated tastes, you would probably
prefer to do the whole thing in \LaTeX.  By editing the file {\tt isisrep.tex},
you can!

% The [h] option below forces the figure to appear [h]ere, at this
% position in the text.  It may be better to leave it out and let
% LaTeX choose where to put its figures.  See the LaTeX book.

\begin{figure}[h]
\vspace{7cm}
\special{psfile=mypic.eps vscale=50 hscale=50 hoffset=5 voffset=-15}
\caption{
This is an example figure inserted with the {\tt psfile} utility
that works with most versions of {\tt dvips} and is useful for
inserting encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files.
}
\end{figure}

% The vscale and hscale options are in percentage, i.e. here the
% figure is scaled by 50 per cent.
% The hoffset and voffset are in ``pts'' - of which there are 72 in an inch!
% See the "dvips" documentation.




This is the file {\tt example.tex} which gives an example of the use of this
ISIS A3 report \LaTeX\ file.   It was produced by editing the file {\tt
isisrep.tex}.

\begin{itemize}

\item
It will run under \LaTeX\ 2.09 (the old one) or the new \LaTeX\ 2$\epsilon$.
It needs no style files.

\item
It is not provided officially by ISIS but by me and therefore comes with no
promises of reliability!  If you can improve it please let me know!

\item
It produces a report of exactly the same size as appears in the ISIS annual
reports and thus prints out on a usual A4 laserprinter. (You will need to
enlarge it on a photocopier if you really want an A3 version!)

\item
It is extremely quick and easy to use!

\end{itemize}

To use it, edit the file {\tt isisrep.tex} and leave all of the formatting
commands at the beginning alone.  Just input the necessary information at the
postions indicated.  I have put lots of comments in it so it should be very
easy to follow them and understand how it works.  Any confusion and you can
always look at the \LaTeX\ source for this example file.  You'll have to work
by trial and error to get the length of the report right.  If the report is too
long it will spill on to a second (or more) page and you'll need to shorten it.

This example file also illustrates how to insert an EPS figure using the
``psfile'' technique (see Figure~1). This works with {\tt dvips} which most
\LaTeX\ users I know use.  A better way is perhaps with the {\tt epsf} macros.

References work in the usual way for \LaTeX\ files but just as an example, I
give one here \cite{cox}.


\begin{flushright}
Stephen Blundell \\ {\tt sjb@ermine.ox.ac.uk}
\end{flushright}

\begin{thebibliography}{45}

\bibitem{cox}
S. F. J. Cox,
{\it J. Phys. C} {\bf 20}, 3187 (1987)

\end{thebibliography}




\end{document}

