ARTICLE
TEMPLATES
Download the templates from the
Info for Authors page. The
templates are in Word 97/98 format and also in rich-text format
(.rtf). The rtf files should open with most word processors, but with
anything earlier than Microsoft Word 97/98 some formatting will be
lost or corrupted. So please try to use Word 97/98.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC
FILES
From 2000,
you can download an Endnote4 file containing the bibliographic info plus any
abstract for each article in each issue. Macintosh users: you have to option-click,
command-click or right-click to download the file. Make sure you choose Text
rather than HTML. Mac users, you might also have to open the file within Endnote,
and you might have to use shift-command-O to see the file. Pre 2000,
you get a text file that you have to import into Endnote using the Refer/BiblX
filter. Other reference-managing software should import the file OK.
The file contains
all the usual bibliographic information for every article in the
issue. There is no agreed standard for referring to Web publications.
We believe the most logical place for the uniform resource locator
(URL) of electronic-journal articles is the page-numbers field. We
also include a word count in parentheses after the URL, to indicate
the size of the article (formerly indicated poorly by the page range
for printed articles). You will find that the URL and word count look
acceptable in this position when you output the reference in the
style of any journal. Note that there is no need to include "www" in
the URL for Sportscience articles.
COMPRESSED
(.ZIP) FILES
Some
large files at the Sportscience site are in zip-compressed format. If
your browser doesn't automatically unzip these files, your next step
depends on whether you are on a PC or a Mac.
PC Users. Your browser may decompress
these files automatically and present you with a window for viewing
or saving the document. If not, you'll need to download an unzipping
program. Netscape may prompt you for connection to its download site
to get one, but it's not helpful. Instead, you should link either to
the Winzip site to download
Winzip, to the PKware
site to download PKzip, or to the Aladdin
Site to download Stuffit Expander for Windows. Stuffit
Expander is a freeware program that that works with many different
compressed file types and is quite easy to use. Once the program is
loaded, you should configure your browser to use it automatically
whenever the browser encounters zip files. For Netscape, go to the
menu bar and open Options / General Preferences / Helpers. Select
application/zip, then browse for the .exe file of the unzipper you
just loaded. Click the option for Launch the Application, too. You
can also unzip the file by dropping its icon onto the icon for the
decompressor program (or its shortcut).
Mac Users. Download Stuffit Expander
with Expander Enhancer from the Aladdin
site. Once the program is loaded, decompress the file by dropping
its icon onto the icon for the decompressor program (or its alias).
Or open the decompressor program first, then open the file from
within the program. Trash the original zip file. You may have to open
the decompressed file from within Word or PowerPoint, too.
EXCEL
SPREADSHEETS OR WORKBOOKS
Most spreadsheets are in Excel 4
format and will open with Excel 4 or any later version of Excel. The
set of templates for creating
figures is an Excel 97/98 workbook that will not open with
earlier versions of Excel. PC users can download a reader from the
Office
update page at the Microsoft site, but there is probably no point
in using it.
POWERPOINT
FILES
Most PowerPoint files are in Version
4. PC users without PowerPoint can download a reader from the
Office
update page at the Microsoft site. The reader works with the
latest version of PowerPoint.
If you get garbage on the screen, your browser
may have opened the file directly. Try downloading again, but this
time right-click (on a PC) or hold down the shift key (on a PC) or
the option key (on a Mac) as you click on the item to download it.
That way it will download without opening in the browser. Then open
it either directly or from within PowerPoint.
REPRINTS (PDF and DOC)
Read the .pdf (portable document format) file
with Adobe Acrobat reader. The reader is available from the Free
Adobe Acrobat Reader Software page. Follow the instructions on that page
to download and install the software. The .doc is in the latest version of Microsoft
Word.
QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED ABOUT DOWNLOADING
I clicked to download, but the document opened
and I can't seem to save it.
You are using a recent version of Internet Explorer, and
the document (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) has opened inside a frame. It happens
with some old links at this site. Remedy: click on the Back button, right-click
on the link, and select Save Target As....
I got "unknown file type" with an .rtf file. What option
do I click?
Sounds like you are using a PC, and your browser doesn't
know what to do with the rtf file. Click the option to save the file. You can
open it with Microsoft Word later.
To configure your browser so it knows what to do next time,
go to the menu bar, find Preferences, open it and find Applications (or Helpers
or...). Select application/rtf, then browse for the .exe file of Microsoft Word.
If you want to open the file directly every time, click the option for Launch
the Application. If you want to save it every time, click Save to Disk. (Wording
may differ between browsers).
I end up with a "Read Only" file. What
now?
Just save it. You will be prompted to change the
name, and the new document can be modified.
I can't read the files with my early versions of
Microsoft!
1. Upgrade. Trouble is, you might have to upgrade
your computer too.
2. PC users: download the free "reader" versions
of the Microsoft programs. See the next item.
I don't have the Microsoft programs at all!
Get them. They have become the industry
standard. If you can't afford them and you use a PC, you can download
free "readers" for Word, PowerPoint and Excel from the Microsoft
Office update page. If you use a Mac, sorry: no readers are
available.
I get garbage on the screen!
1. Your browser may have opened a downloaded
file directly. Try downloading again, but this time right-click (on a
PC) or hold down the shift key (on a PC) or the option key (on a Mac)
as you click on the item to download it. That way it will download
without opening in the browser. Then open it either directly or from
within the program or application.
2. Your version of the Microsoft program may be
too old. Upgrade, or if you are a PC user, download the free
"reader". See the previous item.
I get a blank icon that won't open!
Try opening it from within the program
or application. Go to the File menu, choose Open..., then locate the document
and see if it will open. If it does, save it and you will get an icon that works.
There's supposed to be
a new page up, but I get the old page.
You are the victim of caching:
you are viewing a copy of the old page held on your computer or on a
server of your Internet service provider. The cached copy will expire
eventually. Meanwhile try shift-reload. You may wind up back at our
homepage, but click back to the page you were on. If it's still the
old page, open it in a new window, then shift-reload again. Now go
back to your original window and reload.
A link within a page takes
me to the wrong part of the page.
You have clicked on a link within a page while
the page was still loading, and the link was pointing to a part of the page
that hadn't loaded yet. Click the Reload button on your browser and you'll
go to the link you clicked. If it still doesn't work, we've goofed: contact
the editor.
The page didn't load
completely, or Transfer Interrupted!
Just click the Reload button on
your browser.
When I click Refresh,
I go back to the News & Homepage.
You are using an old version of Internet Explorer.
Update.
I can't bookmark a
specific page.
If you are within the Sportscience
site and you try to bookmark using the menu bar, you will always
record the Sportscience homepage (the News and the left-hand
navigation frame). Some of our more popular pages have instructions
for a special setup to allow bookmarking that keeps the navigation
frame. To bookmark other pages, use the mouse as follows:
PCs: click-hold the right mouse
in a blank part of the page and select Add Bookmark.
Macs: click-hold the mouse and
select New Window with this Frame. When it has opened,
bookmark it.
Everyone: When you use the
bookmark, the page will open without the navigation panel. You can
get it back by clicking on Homepage at
the bottom of the page.
The left-hand navigation
frame disappeared.
1. You may have opened a new browser
window, for example by holding down the (right) mouse clicker and
choosing this option. Drag or close the window and the original
Sportcience window will appear.
2. Some links resolve to the outermost
frame. Click Back either on the menu bar of the browser or by
clicking and holding down the (right) mouse button (Netscape, not
Internet Explorer).
3. If it's a Sportscience page, click
on Homepage at the top or bottom of the
page.
The spacing on the page
looks messy.
1. You are using an old version of Internet Explorer.
Update.
2. Change your font size. See
above.
I can't see the bottom bit
of the left-hand frame.
Your screen size is too small and/or
your fonts are too large. See screen size
and font size above.
Mail addresses come up with =AT=
When you click on a mail address (e.g., editor),
you should get a new window in your mailer with the Mail To: line already filled
in. The @ sign has been replaced with =AT=, in an attempt to foil mail spammers'
search engines. Change =AT= back into the @ sign.
Other problems? Contact the editor .