The first line of each paragraph should be indented about 1/4 inch (about 0.7 cm), and the entire content should be justified (flush left and flush right). Please don't use extra line space between paragraphs. The final sentence of each article should be centered. Yes, we use IEEE indent. It's easy to use and helps us to format our articles in just a few minutes. Have a look at this example: This is an example article that uses IEEE indent: It can be formatted in Microsoft Word 2010 and later versions. If you are using an earlier version, some more advanced features may not be available. However, most things can be done manually with little difficulty. IEEE has several journal templates available on their website. You can find them here: http://www.ieeeconferences.org/getstarted/resources.asp. In addition, there are many other customizable template on the Internet. For example, this is a template I created recently for my own use: http://publish.csdn.net/article/details/3982 You can also use LaTeX to create your own journal template. There are many tutorials on the Internet explaining how to do this.