Does RSC Journals accept submissions in Word 2007 format?
There has been recent publicity about other journals’ problems accepting submissions in Microsoft Office 2007’s new .docx XML format into their publishing workflows, mainly because the new Equation Tools introduced in Word 2007 are incompatible with certain editing and pagination systems. The RSC will accept docx files for publication. If possible, authors should use Equation Editor (the main maths editor in pre-2007 Word, which is still available) to create their maths equations. We can receive files using the new Equation Tools, but our production staff will need to re-key equations in order the process your paper. Along with other publishers, we are discussing with Microsoft how best to adopt the new Office 2007 formats.
