Packages

Required Packages

Our template uses acl.sty to format the paper, indicated at the top of acl_latex.tex:

\usepackage[final]{acl}

If you replace final to review, it turns into the anonymous mode.

The standard packages include the followings:

\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

Fonts

The following packages add useful fonts:

\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}       % enable \mathbb, \mathcal
\usepackage{bold-extra}    % enable \texttt{\textbf{}}
\usepackage{bm}            % enable bold font in math mode
\renewcommand{\UrlFont}{\ttfamily\small}  % define fonts for URLs

Recommended Packages

The following packages are recommended:

\usepackage{graphicx}      % import graphical images
\usepackage{multirow}      % merge rows in tables
\usepackage{booktabs}      % borders in tabular
\usepackage{enumitem}      % list margins
\usepackage{subcaption}    % create sub-tables and sub-figures
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}  % minimize footnote indentation
\newcommand{\LN}{\linebreak\noindent}    % manage inline spacing