I am writing a paper for a conference. They provided the a LaTeX style file however the compiled reference section is different from their own requirement. They require font size 8, no indentation, and the index number should have a square bracket like [1] xxx
My compiled output on the other hand, is font size 10, has indentation, and no square bracket, so it's like 1. xxx.
Could some one take a look in the style file and tell where I fix this problem? I couldn't find anything that's related to font size, or indentation, or the bracket. I don't know much about the LaTeX style file.
I can't upload file so I'll have to post the entire style file code here:
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% File: osameet2.sty %
% Date: March 21, 2007 %
% %
% (c) 2007 Optical Society of America %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{osameet2}[2007/03/21 LaTeX package for submission to OSA's conferences]
%% packages
\usepackage{cite}
\RequirePackage{geometry}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{graphicx}
%% fonts
\usepackage{mathptmx,courier,textcomp}
\usepackage[scaled=.92]{helvet}
\geometry{letterpaper,nohead,margin=1in} %% uses geometry.sty
\parindent1em %% em tied to font
\parskip0pc
\linespread{1}
\pagestyle{empty}
\sloppy
%%Title page elements
\newcommand\MEETtitle[1]{\LARGE \bf \hskip2.25pc \parbox{.8\textwidth}{ \noindent%
\LARGE \bf \begin{center} #1 \end{center}\rm } \vskip.1in \rm\normalsize }
\newcommand\MEETauthor[1]{\hskip2.25pc \parbox{.8\textwidth}{ \noindent%
\normalsize \bf \begin{center} #1 \end{center}\rm } \vskip-1pc }
\newcommand\MEETaddress[1]{\hskip2.25pc \parbox{.8\textwidth}{ \noindent%
\footnotesize \it \begin{center} #1 \end{center}\rm } \normalsize \vskip-.2cm }
\newcommand\MEETemail[1]{\vskip-.3cm \parskip0pc\hskip2.25pc \footnotesize%
\parbox{.8\textwidth}{\begin{center}\textit{#1} \end{center} } \normalsize \vskip-.2cm}
\newcommand\url[1]{\textcolor{blue}{\underline{#1}}}
\newcommand\homepage[1]{\vskip-1pt \parskip0pc\hskip2.25pc \footnotesize %% CHANGE 8-3-99
\parbox{.8\textwidth}{\begin{center}\it \textcolor{blue}{\underline{#1}} \rm \end{center} } \normalsize\vskip-.2cm}
\newcommand\ocis[1]{\vskip-2.75pc \begin{center}\parbox{.8\textwidth}{\footnotesize\bf OCIS codes: \ \rm #1 \hfill} \end{center}\vskip3pt}%
\let\title\MEETtitle
\let\author\MEETauthor
\let\affil\MEETaddress
\let\address\MEETaddress
\let\email\MEETemail
\let\pacs\ocis
\renewenvironment{abstract}%%
{\vskip1pc\noindent\begin{center} \begin{minipage}{.8\textwidth} {\bf Abstract: \ } }
{ \\ \vskip-.75pc \noindent \small \copyright \, \number\year \hskip.05in
Optical Society of America \\ \hfil \end{minipage}\end{center}\normalsize\vskip-1.75pc}%
%%Various customizations
\renewcommand\maketitle{\vskip0pt} %%deactivates \maketitle in LaTeX
\def\affiliation{\address}
\def\onlinecite{\citeonline}
%Fig. and Table Labels
\renewcommand\figurename{Fig.}
\def\fps@table{h}%\def\fps@table{!htbp}
\renewcommand\tablename{Table}
%% New caption command
\newcommand\@MaxCapWidth{5.5in}
\setlength\belowcaptionskip{.1in}
\setlength\abovecaptionskip{.15in}
\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
\normalsize
\vskip\abovecaptionskip
\sbox\@tempboxa{#1. #2}%
\ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\@MaxCapWidth
\hskip.5in\parbox{5.5in}{#1. #2}
\else
\global \@minipagefalse
\hb@xt@\hsize{\hfil\box\@tempboxa\hfil}%
\fi
\vskip\belowcaptionskip\normalsize}
%%References
\renewcommand\refname{\normalsize References \rm}
\setlength\bibindent{.3in}
\renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
{\section*{\refname
\@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\refname}{\MakeUppercase\refname}}%
\list{\@arabic\c@enumiv .}
{\settowidth\labelwidth{.25in}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\setlength{\parsep}{0pc}
\setlength{\labelsep}{0.5em}
\setlength{\itemsep}{0.05pc}%{-0.06in}
\setlength{\listparindent}{0in}
\setlength{\itemindent}{0in}
\setlength{\leftmargin}{.3in}
\setlength{\rightmargin}{0in}
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\@openbib@code
\usecounter{enumiv}%
\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
\sloppy
\clubpenalty4000
\@clubpenalty \clubpenalty
\widowpenalty4000%
\sfcode`\.\@m \normalsize}
{\def\@noitemerr
{\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
\endlist \vskip.2in}
\let\@openbib@code\@empty
\newcommand\OSAJNLReferences{\thebibliography{}}
\newcommand\OSAJNLReflinks{\thebibliography{}}
\newcommand\References{\thebibliography{}}
\newcommand\references{\thebibliography{}}
\let\endOSAJNLReferences\endthebibliography
\let\endOSAJNLlinks\endthebibliography
\let\endReferences\endthebibliography
%%Section parameters
\renewcommand\@seccntformat[1]{\csname the#1\endcsname.\quad }
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\thesection.\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand\thesubsubsection{\thesubsection.\arabic{subsubsection}}
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{0pt}%
{-2.5ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%
{1.3ex plus .2ex}%
{\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}{2}{0pt}%
{-2.25ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%
{1ex plus .2ex}%
{\normalsize\itshape}}
\renewcommand\subsubsection{\@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{0pt}%
{-2.25ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%
{1ex plus .2ex}%
{\small\upshape}}
\frenchspacing
\hyphenation {ac-cord-ing
allow
back-scat-ter
back-scat-te-ring
back-scat-tered
scat-te-ring
Based based
cases
cen-tered
changed
co-incide
con-cerning
con-ven-tional
de-creased
de-po-lar-iz-ation
de-tector de-tectors
de-vi-ation
dis-cussion
dis-tribu-tion
dis-tribu-tions
dis-trib-ute
dis-trib-uted
Ehhalt
extinc-tion
found
Geest-hacht
ground
Hink-ley
il-lus-trated
il-lus-trate
Intro-ducing
Klap-heck
lati-tude
measure-ment
measure-ments
meas-ured
measuring
mixing
north-east
orig-inated
op-er-ating
out-flow
pres-ence
primary
rather
rela-tive
sig-nal
sig-nals
solid
tem-pera-ture
Tem-pera-ture
trans-ported
tropo-pause
Tropo-pause
tropo-sphere
Tropo-sphere
tube
tubes
Values
varies
Weather}
\def\opex{ Opt.\ Express }
\def\ao{ Appl.\ Opt.\ }
\def\ap{ Appl.\ Phys.\ }
\def\apa{ Appl.\ Phys.\ A }
\def\apb{ Appl.\ Phys.\ B }
\def\apl{ Appl.\ Phys.\ Lett.\ }
\def\apj{ Astrophys.\ J.\ }
\def\bell{ Bell Syst.\ Tech.\ J.\ }
\def\jqe{ IEEE J.\ Quantum Electron.\ }
\def\assp{ IEEE Trans.\ Acoust.\ Speech Signal Process.\ }
\def\aprop{ IEEE Trans.\ Antennas Propag.\ }
\def\mtt{ IEEE Trans.\ Microwave Theory Tech.\ }
\def\iovs{ Invest.\ Ophthalmol.\ Visual\ Sci.\ }
\def\jcp{ J.\ Chem.\ Phys.\ }
\def\jmo{ J.\ Mod.\ Opt.\ }
\def\jon{J.\ Opt.\ Netw.\ }
\def\josa{ J.\ Opt.\ Soc.\ Am.\ }
\def\josaa{ J.\ Opt.\ Soc.\ Am.\ A }
\def\josab{ J.\ Opt.\ Soc.\ Am.\ B }
\def\jpp{ J.\ Phys.\ (Paris) }
\def\nat{ Nature (London) }
\def\oc{ Opt.\ Commun.\ }
\def\ol{ Opt.\ Lett.\ }
\def\pl{ Phys.\ Lett.\ }
\def\pra{ Phys.\ Rev.\ A }
\def\prb{ Phys.\ Rev.\ B }
\def\prc{ Phys.\ Rev.\ C }
\def\prd{ Phys.\ Rev.\ D }
\def\pre{ Phys.\ Rev.\ E }
\def\prl{ Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ }
\def\rmp{ Rev.\ Mod.\ Phys.\ }
\def\pspie{ Proc.\ SPIE\ }
\def\sjqe{ Sov.\ J.\ Quantum Electron.\ }
\def\vr{ Vision Res.\ }
\def\cleo{ {\it Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics }}
\def\assl{ {\it Advanced Solid State Lasers }}
\def\tops{ Trends in Optics and Photonics }
%% end osameet2.sty
Best Answer
You need to redefine the
thebibliographyenvironment as defined in the style file (I find somehow odd that the very own file they provide doesn't fill their requirements); a complete example including the necessary redefinition: