Recommended Versions This template is optimized for MS Office 2016 or later, including Office365, for either the Mac or PC. Many features will still work when this template is used in earlier versions of Office if the .docx form is used for the MS Word document. The older doc document type is not supported, nor are the Office 2010 for PC and 2011 for Mac suites. Gutter Double-Column Minimum Width Single-Column (Suggested) To use the template, perform these steps on the slide that follows (slide 2): Create the graphic and edit it as necessary. Group the components of the graphic into one single element. Copy the element. Paste it into the manuscript document adjacent to its caption or title and on a separate line. If the previous procedure gives unexpected results, substitute the following paste operation: Paste special as “PDF” or “enhanced metafile” to an unoccupied area of this PowerPoint document. Select the just-pasted object. Copy-and-paste (or cut-and-paste) it into the manuscript document adjacent to its caption or title and on a separate line. This is 8 pt font, the recommended main label size for text in figures and schemes and also similar in size to the figure captions and the text in the tables. Here is 10 point text, consistent in size to text in the main body of the manuscript. For best results, keep text size between 6 and 10 pt in figures and schemes. Excel images can be directly pasted from Excel and have Excel controls preserved. Images can be directly pasted from ChemDraw and usually (but not always) have editing at the structure level preserved. ChemDraw figures are usually scaled to 70% of the size originating in ChemDraw, and can be scaled to 70% in PowerPoint for a fairly accurate preview of publication. When embedding into the manuscript document from this file (see at right for instructions), do not include the brown text and column indicators currently existing in this file.