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Please send all comments to revtex@aps.org.

Introduction to REVTeX 4

REVTeX 4 is a set of macro packages designed to be used with LaTeX 2e. REVTeX is well-suited for preparing manuscripts for submission to APS journals.

The following design principles pertain to REVTeX 4:

  • REVTeX 4 is fully compatible with LaTeX2e;
  • Relaxed restrictions when used to directly typeset journals;
  • Relies on standard LaTeX2e packages for common tasks. Examples are graphics/graphicx, color, hyperref, longtable etc;
  • Emphasizes creating macros to make translation to XML easier;
  • Provides better support for achieving the Physical Review look and feel.
  • Improved front matter macros for tagging author names and affiliations;
  • Improved back matter macros for tagging references. Actively promoted the use of BibTeX;
  • New features to make REVTeX a desirable e-print format.

The latest tagging is designed to aid the peer-review and publication process from the moment a REVTeX paper is submitted.

We prefer authors who use TeX to use REVTeX 4. Please discontinue use of REVTeX 3. Refer to the APS Guide for REVTeX 4 by downloading the file from the "Documentation" section below.

There are some bug fix updates in the works but no major overhaul developments planned.


Documentation

The documentation is included in the full REVTeX 4 distribution (but not the APS Guide for REVTeX 4). However, for convenience it is also available here. Note that you must have a working REVTeX 4 distribution (with the additional required files) and AMS-LaTeX 2.0 to TeX the source files. You will also need
docs.sty.

APS Guide for REVTeX 4 TeX   PostScript
REVTeX 4 Author's Guide TeX   PostScript
Differences between REVTeX 4 and REVTeX 3 TeX   PostScript
REVTeX 4 Command and Options Summary TeX   PostScript
APS Sample file TeX   PostScript
APS Sample figures Fig 1   Fig 2  
APS Sample BibTeX file BibTeX
APS template file TeX  
ltxgrid Technical Manual PDF

Frequently Asked Questions

REVTeX FAQ:
Downloading REVTeX4
Installing REVTeX4
Using REVTeX4
Page Length
Bugs/Workarounds
BibTeX
Figures
Changes from REVTeX 3


Download REVTeX 4

The REVTeX 4 may be downloaded directly from here as revtex4.tar.gz or revtex4.zip. Alternatively, it may be downloaded via FTP from ftp://aps.org/pub/tex/macros/revtex/. REVTeX 4 is also available on CTAN.

Common Problems (not bugs) When First Using REVTeX 4

Here are some problems which are likely to crop up if you don't have a complete LaTeX 2e installation (as you might get with the teTeX or TeX Live distributions, for instance).

Missing (or outdated) required packages
You will need the natbib package, url.sty, and bm.sty files at the very least. You may download them from here, but these may not be the most current version and are not considered part of the REVTeX distribution. To get the definitive versions, they should be downloaded from CTAN. If you are missing bm.sty, then you probably don't have an up-to-date LaTeX 2e distribution and you should update your entire distribution. At the very least, you should update the files in the tools directory macros/latex/required/tools as decribed below for bm.sty

natbib: This can be downloaded from CTAN from the macros/latex/contrib/natbib directory or by going here.

url.sty: This can be downloaded from CTAN from the macros/latex/contrib/misc/url.sty directory or by going here.

bm.sty (and others): The bm.dtx file (and other files) can be downloaded from CTAN from the macros/latex/required/tools/ directory or by going here. To generate bm.sty from bm.dtx, you can either use the tools.ins that is in the same CTAN directory or use this bm.ins file (just latex it):

% This file requires docstrip version 2.4 or higher available from 
% ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked/docstrip.tex
\input docstrip 
\preamble

\endpreamble 
\keepsilent 
\askforoverwritefalse 
\generate{
 \file{bm.sty}{\from{bm.dtx}{package}} 
} 
\endbatchfile 

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