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How can I remove the footer as is included in the ACM double column template? I created a screenshot of it: http://cdn.imghack.se/images/223c46062e6b28d6b0d9dc9500bf6098.jpg

A minmal file producing this footer looks like this:

\documentclass{acmtog}

\acmVolume{28}
\acmNumber{4}
\acmYear{2009}
\acmMonth{September}
\acmArticleNum{106}
\acmdoi{10.1145/1559755.1559763}

\begin{document}
\title{a}
\author{a}
\maketitle
\end{document}

When I remove the following lines...

\acmVolume{28}
\acmNumber{4}
\acmYear{2009}
\acmMonth{September}
\acmArticleNum{106}
\acmdoi{10.1145/1559755.1559763}

..then I get errors. I'm a beginner and confused why the template or more precisely the .cls file demands this information. I mean shouldn't it be possible to compile without having an ACM article number for example?

The respective .cls file is from http://www.acm.org/publications/latex_style/ (v2-acmtog.zip)

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  • Those are supposed to be added by the editorial office, not the authors. Anyway, how about removing the content, rather than the command. i.e, use \acm...{} instead.
    – Jesse
    Jul 3, 2014 at 5:23
  • This leaves punctuation in the footer.
    – user2820379
    Jul 3, 2014 at 8:40
  • Instead of useless code snippets, please compose a simple, but complete document illustrating the problem and add it as an edit to your question.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    Jul 3, 2014 at 19:42
  • I'm sorry if I offended you by the format of my question. I did now knew it was malformed. I will update the question as soon I find the time to do so.
    – user2820379
    Jul 4, 2014 at 3:38
  • Added a complete document.
    – user2820379
    Jul 4, 2014 at 14:43

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The acmtog class is not intended to be used without the footer. However, the following works:

\documentclass{acmtog}

% clear acmtog.cls footer settings
\makeatletter
\def\runningfoot{\def\@runningfoot{}}
\def\firstfoot{\def\@firstfoot{}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\title{a}
\author{a}
\maketitle
\end{document}
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  • That works marvelously. An offtopic question of mine would be how this is handled then with submissions of papers i.e. what do authors put into the footer when they submit a paper for review? Or do they get all necessary information that go into the footer before review?
    – user2820379
    Jul 4, 2014 at 15:50
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I came across a recent issue and one way I overcame this by defining a new macro in the preamble of my main latex document.

Here is an example of how it would look:

\documentclass{sigchi}

\makeatletter
\def\@copyrightspace{\relax}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\end{document}

This command worked in the latest(March2018) version of the ACM SIGCHI template as well as when using the 2015 ACM sig-alternate class file.

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