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Black and white images (photographs, line drawings, graphs, pie charts etc.)

All black and white images should be saved and supplied as TIFF, GIF, EPS, PowerPoint or high quality JPEG files to a minimum of 300 dpi.

Further instructions on converting your Powerpoint images.

Images should be mentioned in the text.

During the submission when you upload the figure files you should label them as Figure 1, Figure 2 etc.

Further assistance on conversion of your images.

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Colour images

Please note: Do not submit colour figures unless you are willing to pay the cost of publishing your figures in colour. If you do not wish to pay the colour charges please submit your figures in black and white.

Colour images should be saved and supplied as TIFF, GIF, EPS, PowerPoint or high quality JPEG files to a minimum of 600 dpi. Colour images should not exceed 2MB at a minimum resolution of 600 dpi. If you choose a higher resolution your image dimension should be reduced accordingly to keep the file under 2MB.
NB. Scanners may automatically increase image size at a higher resolution.

Alternatively Powerpoint files can be saved as JPEG, GIF, or TIFF files and submitted as a standard image file. Images should be mentioned in the text.Further instructions on converting your Powerpoint images.

Images should be mentioned in the text.

During the submission when you upload the figure files you should label them as Figure 1, Figure 2 etc.

Please note: The journal charges for the cost of reproducing colour images on all unsolicited articles. This charge is heavily subsidised by the journal and covers origination costs only. If an image is supplied as a composite figure that contains numerous parts (for example, fig 1A-D), the image will be considered as a single image, provided that all the parts are supplied within a single file that prints out at an overall size no larger that A4 (210 mm x 297 mm). The charge for colour processing will be £100 +VAT for the figure. Parts of colour images supplied as separate files will be charged at £100 + VAT for each file.

Care should be taken in planning composites because combining different images with widely varying colours can lead to contamination or loss of colour and poor quality results. When submitting your manuscript, please ensure you include a name and address where the manuscript should be sent. If one is not included, the invoice will be sent to the corresponding author.

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Tables

Tables should be submitted in the same format as your article and embedded in the main body of the article. Please note: Bench>Press cannot accept Excel files. If your table(s) are in Excel, copy and paste them into the manuscript file (where cited is preferable). In extreme circumstances, Excel files can be uploaded as supplementary files; however, we advise against this as they will not be acceptable if your article is accepted for publication.

Tables should be self-explanatory, and the data they contain must not be duplicated in the text or figures.

Further assistance on conversion of your tables.

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Unacceptable file formats

Any file using OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) technology to display information or embed files, Bitmap (.bmp), PICT (.pict), Photoshop (.psd), Canvas (.cnv), CorelDRAW (.cdr); Excel (.xls); and locked or encrypted PDFs are not acceptable.

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