\documentclass[11pt,debulletin,times,dvipdfm]{article} % this is the template for an issue of the Data Engineering Bulletin % all packages used by any paper must be listed here \usepackage{graphicx,url} % author1 %\usepackage{xxxx} % author2 %\usepackage{yyyyy} \begin{document} % please enter real date, vol no, issue no \bulletindate{September 2018} \bulletinvolume{41} \bulletinnumber{3} \bulletinyear{2018} % these are files that I have- but your part of the issue can be done without % them %\IEEElogo{../../debpub/logos/cs.eps} %\insidefrontcover{../../debpub/editors/incvA2.ps} %\insidebackcover[ICDE Conference]{./calls/icde-new-a.ps} \begin{bulletin} % the above samples assume the issue is generated from a directory structure of the following sort % major directory name is month and year of issue % there are sub-directorys for % letters: directory name is "letters" % technical articles: a directory per paper, named for an "author" % news articles: directory name is "news" % calls: directory name is "calls % % Editor letters section. Use the lettersection environment. % Each letter is contained in a letter environment, where the two required % options to \begin{letter} are the author and the address of the author. % \begin{lettersection} % there will be other letters- and a blank page will appear in your document % but the special issue part will be fine \begin{letter}{Letter from the Editor-in-Chief} {eic name}{eic affilation} %\input{letters/eic-letter.tex} \end{letter} % \newpage % %% your introductory letter goes here % \begin{letter}{Letter from the Special Issue Editor} {special issue editor name}{special issue editor affiliation} \input{letters/editor-letter.tex} \end{letter} \end{lettersection} % put the name of your special issue below \begin{articlesection}{SPECIAL ISSUE NAME} % % Contributed articles section. Use the articlesection environment. % Each article is contained in an article environment, where the two required % options to \begin{article} are the title and author of the article % typically, an article is stored in a directory named with one of the author names, and is then "input" into the issue % %\begin{article} %{Title of article} %{list of authors} %\input{author-name/article.tex} %\end{article} % \end{articlesection} % put the news items below- there can be multiple news sections % each with its own title % news will usually have an author as well as a title, % e.g. TCDE elections % news articles are in the same format as letters % typically, news articles will be stored in a directory called "news" \begin{newssection}{News headline} % insert news items here; news will typically have authors % see the Sept. 2018 issue for an example %\begin{news}{news item title} %{author name}{author affiliation} %\input{news/news-article.tex} %\end{news} % \newpage \end{newssection} \begin{callsection} % This section will be empty for your version % % Calls for papers section. Use the callsection environment. % Each call for papers is contained in an call environment, where the single % required options to \begin{call} is the name of the conference. % typically calls are stored in a "calls" directory % %\begin{call}{name of conference} %\centerline{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth, bb= 0 0 590 760]{calls/conference-name.pdf}} %\end{call} \end{callsection} \end{bulletin} \end{document}