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\def\confshortname{detc}
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\def\confyear{1998}

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%Extended Abstract \\
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%  paper number %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
DETC98/DAC-1234      %% change DETC98/DAC-1234 to the paper number
                     %% provided by ASME for your paper.
\end{flushright}
}}

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{\footnotesize{\hvb
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AN ARTICLE CREATED USING \LaTeX\ IN ASME FORMAT\\
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{\footnotesize
{\hvb Harry H. Cheng}, {\hv Associate Professor} \\
{\hv
Integration Engineering Laboratory\\
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering \\
University of California, Davis, CA 95616\\
Tel: 530-752-5020, Fax: 530-752-4158\\ 
Email: hhcheng@ucdavis.edu, WWW: http://iel.ucdavis.edu\\
}}

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{\hvb First Coauthor}, {\hv Title} \\
{\hvb Second Coauthor}, {\hv Title} \\
{\hv
Department or Division Name \\
Company or College Name\\
City, State, Zip Code, Country (only if not U.S.)\\
Phone number, Fax number \\ 
Email address, WWW URL address\
}}

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%{\hvb First Coauthor}, {\hv Title} \\
%{\hv
%Department or Division Name \\
%Company or College Name\\
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{\footnotesize{\tir
This article illustrates preparation of the extended abstract of
an ASME paper using \LaTeX.
The \LaTeX\  template \verb+abstract.tex+
that creates this extended abstract is available on the WWW at
the conference Web site 
or at \verb@http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/.@
The extended abstract of an ASME paper should not exceed one page
with keywords at the end.\\

Instructions for submitting the electronic version of 
an ASME paper through ftp for publication in the CD-ROM proceedings 
are given as follows:
\begin{itemize}
\item
Rename your files with paper number as file name (replace forword slash by underscore), 
plus a meaningful
suffix such as {\bf .ps} (Postscript), 
{\bf .tex} (\LaTeX),
{\bf .pdf} (Portable document format),
{\bf .WP} (WordPerfect),
{\bf .Word} (MS Word),
{\bf .doc} (Other word-processing format).
\item
Compress your files, {\bf Zip} for PC, {\bf Stuffit} for Mac, {\bf tar.Z} for Unix.
\item
Log in to {\bf ftp.edoc.com} as an 'anonymous' user.
\item
Use your email address as password.
\item
At the {\tt ftp} prompt, type {\tt cd \confshortname} to change to directory {\tt \confshortname}.
\item
Transfer files by {\tt put} command as follows,
\begin{verbatim}
 put DECT98_DAC_1234.tar.Z   (submit one tar file only for Unix)
 put DECT98_DAC_1234_abs.tex
\end{verbatim}
\item
Finish file transfer by {\tt quit} command.
\end{itemize}


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{\bf Keywords:} ASME, paper format, \LaTeX.


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Copyright \copyright\ \confyear\ by ASME
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