PLACES has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission; see Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines. For specific guidelines for Places, see http://www.places-journal.org/deploy/content/contact/submission_guidelines.pdf.

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