Phillip Helbig writes: > > Should one break the author's name up into initials and surnames, so > > that the order could be different in the main title and the running head > > and/or different than the order in which the author would have put them > > you mean the running head might say "Einstein, A"? all i can say is > > that i have not been ever asked to do it... > > > What about just the last names (no initials) in the running head? > Or should there be ONE command for the running head? This might prove > to inflexible, since some will want all author names, some et al. and so > on. Maybe BibTeX-like syntax will work, i.e. something like \author{Albert Einstein} and \author{Einstein, Albert} would produce same output determined *only* by house class? Then house classes could process \author declarations and extract, if required, both Albert Einstein in title page and A.~Einstein in the running head? Actually BibTeX has a very subtle algorithm of dealing with author names; I think it is possible to reimplement it in TeX for journal styles. Good luck -Boris <a href="http://www.plmsc.psu.edu/~boris/">Home page</a>