2. Form of the Manuscript

Technical Reports and Provisional Recommendations should be prepared in the form of a high-quality manuscript, which is consistent with all general recommendations of the Union on nomenclature and symbols. The manuscript must include a abstract of approximately 200 words, along with the name and address of the Task Group Member acting as document editor, who will prepare the final draft for publication. Manuscripts should preferably be submitted to the Secretariat in electronic form, preferably using Micorsoft Word. Pages should be numbered. It is also highly desirable that lines be numbered continuously through the manuscript to facilitate location of text when comments are provided. (Pagination is often changed in printing, whereas line numbering usually is unchanged if the original margins are retained.) Particular attention should be paid to the use of italic print for quantity symbols and upright print for unit symbols, as described below.