ACM Conferences and Journals (acmart)

Workflow

1. Identify the exact journal and article type, open its current author guidelines, and fill in the limits table below. Never rely on remembered limits.
2. Check whether a format-free first submission is allowed. If it is, spend effort on content and mandatory statements rather than layout.
3. Restructure the manuscript into the venue's front matter and sections (see below).
4. Prepare the required statements, figures and supplementary files.
5. Run the checklist, then assemble the submission package: manuscript, source files, figures, declarations and cover letter.

Verify first (mandatory)

The call for papers sets the format (e.g. sigconf vs acmsmall for PACM-style venues), page limits (often excluding references), anonymization and supplementary rules. The master template and documentation are at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template, and the class on CTAN is https://ctan.org/pkg/acmart. Use the latest acmart, because TAPS rejects old versions.

LaTeX setup