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Proof还有内容的修改，包括期刊编辑校对时给你的pdf标注，有的期刊没有pdf标注，直接将排版好的proof发给你校对。不管怎样，作者可以在编辑发给你的proof中直接进行修改错误的内容，一定要注意按照proof修改的要求进行删除、增添、批注等操作。没有annotate文件的，就按照pdf工具栏里的各个图标所表示的意思或功能进行操作，在proof中，为了区别排版编辑对你稿件的修改，作者修改proof时除了删除、增添、批注等操作外，还可以对这些删除、增添、批注等进行黄色加亮显示。修改好后，在文档文件名后加上“_corrected”字样，然后将附件回复到编辑邮箱，记得要提醒编辑收到后给你回信。

Query文档里，response的内容可以在下方填上（针对query，一条条列出修改页数和行数、修改内容和备注说明）；如果已经在proof中修改了（修改信息对Query进行了回答），可以在response里指出修改页和行数、备注说明。Query文档写好后打印传真给指定的传真号。同样，记得提醒编辑给你回信。

本帖附件1：INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ANNOTATION OF PDF FILES （如何对pdf文档进行批注、修改等说明）
本帖附件2：AUTHOR QUERY FORM
本帖附件3：MAMT_1528_corrected （黄色加亮部分是作者的修改，其它地方是排版编辑的修改。）本文已经正式出版。

方东明
北京大学微电子学研究院

附上proof时的往返email信件
Dear Sir/Madam,
    The attached document is the corrected proof. All corrections are highlighted in yellow. Please give me a reply when you receive the attachment. Thank you very much.

Best Regards,
   
   Dongming Fang

2009-01-12
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发件人： Elsevier Ltd, Editorial-Production Department
发送时间： 2009-01-09  22:45:09
收件人： fangdm@ime.pku.edu.cn
抄送：
主题： [!! SPAM] Proofs of [MAMT_1528]
P-authorproof-v11(a)

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