Having said this, however, with Elsevier's expertise and facilities it does not really matter which computer or word processing system you have used. As with the requirements for manuscript submission, the main text, list of references, tables and figure captions should be stored in separate text files with clearly identifiable file names. The format of these files depends on the word processor used. It is essential that the name and version of the word processing program, the type of computer on which the text was prepared, and the format of the text files are clearly indicated. You are required to ensure that the contents of the disc corresponds exactly to the contents of the hardcopy manuscript.
Discrepancies can lead to proofs of the wrong version being made.
The word processed text should be in single column format. If available, electronic files of the figures should also be included on a separate disc.