IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

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Date: YYYY-MM-DD
Author(s):
Name	Affiliation	Address	Phone	email

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Customize and save this template

You will want to customize this template for use with future submissions. You can create different templates for various purposes. For example, a template for making a technical proposal and a template for comment resolution.

At a minimum, you will want to customize to identify yourself as the author in the metadata and so that your name and affiliation appears on the title page and in the footer.

To ensure that you are identified as the author in the metadata, do the following:

From the menu, select File and then Info.

In the “Related People” section ensure that you are identified as the author. If not, remove the current author (right click and “Remove Person”) and then add yourself.

Put your name and affiliation in the metadata “Comments” field. This helps with searches and is also used to populate the footer. Do the following:

From the menu, select File and then Info.

In the “Properties” section edit the “Comments” field to replace “Name, Affiliation” with your own.

To reflect the updated “Comments” in the footer, do the following:

Double click on the footer section of any page.

With the cursor over the right segment of the footer, right click and select “Update field” (see image below). The content of the updated “Comments” field should now appear.

Figure out where your personal templates are stored:

From the menu, select File and then Options.

Under “Save”, look for “Default personal templates location” (see image). Save your templates to this directory.

Save the template to your templates folder by doing the following:

From the menu, select File and then Save As.

Give the template a name, e.g., “802-11-submission-name”.

From the format dropdown select “Word Template (*.dotx)”.

Select “Browse” to open the file explorer. Locate your personal templates directory.

Select “Save”

Creating a new submission

Don’t copy and modify another person’s submission; create a new one from your customized template.

Step 1. Open Microsoft Word.

Step 2. From the menu, select File and then New.

Step 3. Select a previously saved template. It will appear at the top if frequently used, otherwise look under “Personal”.

Step 4. Obtain a document control number (DCN).

Step 5. In the menu, select File and then Info. In the “Properties” section, fill in the following fields:

Title = document designator from DCN, e.g., "doc.: IEEE 802.11-23/1464r0"

Tags = month year of anticipated presentation, e.g., “August 2023”

Comments = first author, affiliation (you might have done this when you saved the template)

Step 6. Ensure that you are correctly identified as the author.

Step 7. Update the header: Double click on the header on any page. Right click in the left segment and select “Update field”. This should update the header with content from the “Tags” field (month year). Right click on the right segment of the header and select “Update field”. This should populate the document designator from the “Title” field.

Step 8. Edit the Title page (above) - fill in the document title text, date, provide a full authors list and create an abstract. Some of this you might already have customized in the template.

Step 9. Add content and delete these instructions.

rev: 2023-08-28 (Robert Stacey based on template from Adrian Stephens)

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