ChemDraw
ChemDraw is the structure drawing program most commonly used by authors submitting work to the RSC.
1 - General guidelines
When creating your original image, following these guidelines will make it easier to produce useable ChemDraw files:
- Illustrations should conform to the RSC's 'Guidelines for Illustrations'.
- When adding symbols to your image, avoid using unusual fonts - try where possible to use only Arial, Helvetica and Symbol.
- Save each scheme, figure, chart or uncaptioned diagram as a separate file.
- Tables should not be created using ChemDraw, as this makes it impossible to use them when making up the journal pages. Tables should be produced using a word processor. If structures are required in a table they should be created individually and saved in ChemDraw format, then pasted into the word processor file.
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1.0 - Preparation of illustrations
2 - Software settings
These settings should be applied when creating your ChemDraw file:
- These settings should be applied if you are not using one of the RSC Author Templates for ChemDraw. From the "File" menu click on "Document Settings..." and set the options as shown.
- Save your illustrations in ChemDraw format (filename.cdx, filename.chm).
3 - Resources available
ChemDraw Author Template files are available for download from the Templates section of this site. Click on the link below to go to the download page.
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