Why do some people get all their papers accepted, and others do not? You may already know that in many disciplines, using the LaTeX typesetting system correlates with having your paper accepted (in contrast to, say, Word). What you may not know is that there is a number of LaTeX packages whose usage may be crucial for success. Here we go:
- The pagefit package. This immensely useful package makes your paper exactly fit within a given page limit, applying a genetic search algorithm to reduce baseline distances, white space, font sizes, or bibliographic references until it exactly fits. Just write \usepackage[pages=12,includingbibliography]{pagefit} and enjoy.
- The autocite package. Cites all relevant work that needs to be cited. The "citepc" option additionally cites the entire program committee, whether their work is relevant or not.
- The translate package. Auto-translates your paper into a given target language (default is English). Just type
