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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText> I use LaTeX for scientific papers, but I am playing with<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> generating HTML and PDF papers with Scribble.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Also, I’d like to introduce my students to how to write technical papers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>in something other than Word.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I have three questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Is there a way to specify an Abstract in Scribble with the default base article document type?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Is there example code for constructing a bibliography with entries that I can use as a model?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>I have also tried using the sigplan document type, but it is generating two-column format even though<br>I have specified the one-column attribute, and one-column is specified in the LaTex that Scribble<br>generates as well. Is there a bug a in the underlying LaTex definition for the sigplan document class?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>George Rudolph<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor of Computer Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>225 Thompson Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Citadel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>171 Moultrie Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charleston, SC 29409<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>843.953.5032<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>