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Final submission
This guide provides information on preparing production-quality figures and text files.
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The instructions apply only if your manuscript has been accepted in principle for publication and an editor has asked you to upload production-quality material.
General information
Before your manuscript can be formally accepted for publication and passed to our subediting, art and production departments, you will need to upload electronic files of your text, figures, Extended Data figures and tables, and Supplementary Information (if any) to our server.
You will also need to upload scanned copies of any forms and declarations requested by the editorial office for signing (these may be faxed if scanning is not possible, with the fax labelled clearly with the corresponding author name and manuscript reference number).
Please follow these guidelines to ensure that your final files are complete and in the correct format.
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