Detailed Instructions

• Your camera-ready submission must be formatted according to the new standard ACM SIG proceedings format.
• Further, the authors must include a proper classification for the paper according to the ACM Classification System (CCS). Additional information on how to use it is available here.

• Please choose the correct version of the ACM Primary Article Template depending on the version of Word you are using:
  – Word for Windows
  – Word for Mac 2011
  – Word for Mac 2016.
• Follow the instructions detailed in the ACM ‘Instructions for Applying the Primary Article Template’ document.
• Based on how the ACM eRights review form was completed, paste the copyright macro you received in the email confirmation in the proper slot to get the right copyright notice.
• Please do not enter the page numbers.

• Use the latest version of the Primary Article Template – LaTeX to create your submission. You must use the “manuscript” option with the \documentclass[manuscript]{acmart} command to generate the output in a single-column format, which is required for a camera-ready submission.
• Please see the LaTeX and Overleaf documentation, as well as ACM’s LaTeX best practices guide for further instructions.
  
• To ensure 100% compatibility with TAPS, please restrict the use of packages to the whitelist of approved LaTeX packages. See instructions here.
• Based on how the ACM eRights review form was completed you will receive the commands that need to be inserted into your final LaTeX file in order to generate the copyright notice and Bibstrip data.
• Please do not enter the page numbers.

• Double-check that your title and abstract fields in the TAPS submission page match the text in your paper.
• Be sure that the title is in Initial Caps. Initial Caps Meaning First Letter of the Main Words Should be Made Capital Letters. Capitalize the First Letter of Main Words in the Title (Most Nouns), except a, an, the, conjunctions (and, but, or, for, …), and prepositions (of, to, in, on, …)
• Double-check the author’s name, affiliation, and email in the paper.
• Note that ACM requires every author to have and provide a unique ORCID. 

• The corresponding author will receive the ‘Notification to upload your paper to the ACM TAPS’ email from TAPS, in which the system will ask you to submit your source files and provide a unique link through which you can access TAPS (your specific author dashboard). At the top of your author dashboard, TAPS provides the information about “Proceeding Acronym”, “Paper ID” and “Title of Paper”. You can upload a zip file in TAPS for further processing and the ZIP file naming should be like ProceedingAcronym–PaperId.zip (ECCE2025-PaperID.zip). It is important to strictly follow all the instructions for file structure and naming of the zip file that should be uploaded on TAPS.
• Submit a single ZIP file containing ALL your source files (e.g., *.tex, *.bib, *.sty, and all figures for Latex Users or the .docx file for Word users). To upload these files into TAPS, follow the instructions presented in the following Tutorial.
• The publishing system automatically produces the traditional PDF output as well as ACM’s new responsive HTML5 design. Within 24 hours after submitting the .zip file, the contact author will receive the ‘PDF and HTML Proofs: available for review’ email notifying that the proofs for the published versions of your paper (both PDF and HTML5 versions) are available for your review and approval.
  !! Note that TAPS will generate the output PDF using the double-column format, which follows the conference proceedings template. TAPS receives the information from ACM’s system regarding which composition layout needs to be followed for the papers in your proceedings and applies the required style internally.
• If you are satisfied with the proofs for the published versions, please notify us of your approval within The ACM Publishing System (TAPS). If you find that the PDF and/or HTML file(s) did not convert correctly, follow the instructions presented in the author dashboard.
• Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at confsupport@aptaracorp.com for both LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries.

While working on your final document, please keep the following in mind:

• Published papers must follow the Accessibility Guidelines presented by ACM on the ACM Templates page.
• All images and figures should have text descriptions (aka. alternative text).
• ACM provides general guidance on creating and adding figure descriptions on the Describing Figures for ACM Publications page.