What should I do if something is wrong or missing within my manuscript?

About this task

Author Portal extracts important information from your main document to ensure that publication metadata, such as title, abstract, author names, etc., match your manuscript exactly, and that required elements, such as all author names, are present in your manuscript.

If a required element is not listed in your main document, follow the steps below to update your main document.

Procedure

  1. From the Progress Board, go to the Upload Manuscript step.
  2. Locate and delete your main document.
  3. Locate and open your local copy of the main document in MS Word.
  4. Add or edit the missing or incorrect information and save your main document.
  5. Drag the revised file into the Upload Manuscript step.
  6. When the file upload is complete, select Main Document as the Type of File.
  7. Click Confirm.
    The system will reprocess your updated main document and attempt to automatically extract the missing or changed information. You may be asked to return to a step to confirm that any changed information has been correctly extracted.
  8. Once you are satisfied that all your submission details have been entered correctly, proceed to the Final Review step and click Complete my submission to submit your manuscript.