If you are formatting your paper using Microsoft Word, please use the file ml2k.dot as your template. When downloading this from a browser, make sure you press the right mouse button and use the `save as' option. This document includes detailed formatting instructions, which should follow as closely as possible. If this template does not work for you, try downloading the file ml2k.zip instead. Since the same Word file can look different on different machines, please make sure your formatted paper conforms to the postscript sample format.ps. We have had problems printing papers that were transformed from Word into postscript, so we will also accept final papers in pdf format.
For those using troff, we have included the file ml98.trf from ICML-98. You will need to modify this format so it conforms to the instructions given in format.ps. If you are an expert troff user and can provide us with an updated troff format for ICML-2000, please send email to icml2k@csli.stanford.edu.
The detailed instructions to authors, available in both html and postscript format, also explain how to submit an initial or revised paper to the conference. Please follow the directions there about electronic submission.
Because so many authors diverged from the requested format in their initial submissions, we have complied a list of common formatting problems. Please look this over and correct any instances of these problems before submitting your final paper for inclusion in the proceedings.