Release notes 24 November 1999 AASTeX v5.0.2 (5.0b9)

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1. Font sizes to be available within {deluxetable}.

The following user-lever command has been implemented so that one can specify the size of the type within a deluxe table:

\tabletypesize{<size command>}

where 

<size command> := \small | \footnotesize | \scriptsize | \tiny

The following is a deluxe table with its type in \footnotesize:

\begin{deluxetable}{rrrrrrrr}
 \tabletypesize{\footnotesize}%
%\rotate
\tablecolumns{8} 
\tablewidth{0pc} 
\tablecaption{Percentage of Fake Stars Lost} 
\tablehead{ 
\colhead{}    &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{Non-shell Stars} &   \colhead{}   & 
\multicolumn{3}{c}{Shell Stars} \\ 
\cline{2-4} \cline{6-8} \\ 
\colhead{Mag} & \colhead{F336W}   & \colhead{F555W}    & \colhead{F814W} & 
\colhead{}    & \colhead{F336W}   & \colhead{F555W}    & \colhead{F814W}}
\startdata 
20.25 & 2.2$\pm$7.4\phn & \nodata & \nodata & 
& 0.9$\pm$6.8 & \nodata & 0.0$\pm$44.7 \\ 
\enddata 
\end{deluxetable} 

The 5.0b7 release had an error such that the number of lines within the deluxetable was being calculated without regard to the font choice specified by the \tabletypesize command. This is fixed in 5.0b8.

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2. The \rotate command in {deluxetable}.

Use the \rotate command in the preamble part of a {deluxetable} to specify that the table is to be placed in landscape orientation:

\begin{deluxetable}{rrrrrrrr}
%\tabletypesize{\footnotesize}%
 \rotate
\tablecolumns{8} 
\tablewidth{0pc} 
\tablecaption{Percentage of Fake Stars Lost} 
\tablehead{ 
\colhead{}    &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{Non-shell Stars} &   \colhead{}   & 
\multicolumn{3}{c}{Shell Stars} \\ 
\cline{2-4} \cline{6-8} \\ 
\colhead{Mag} & \colhead{F336W}   & \colhead{F555W}    & \colhead{F814W} & 
\colhead{}    & \colhead{F336W}   & \colhead{F555W}    & \colhead{F814W}}
\startdata 
20.25 & 2.2$\pm$7.4\phn & \nodata & \nodata & 
& 0.9$\pm$6.8 & \nodata & 0.0$\pm$44.7 \\ 
\enddata 
\end{deluxetable} 

Code introduced in 5.0b7 broke {deluxetable}s when appearing within a preprint2 document. This is fixed in 5.0b8.

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3. Abstract to break over pages.

If the abstract of an article is too long to fit on the same page as the title block, the formatter will break it over pages as is done with normal text; formerly the entire abstract would be held together as a block.

Note: in the preprint2 substyle, the abstract is still set as a block, so within that substyle the problem addressed by this fix will still appear.

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4. Author email to have a production.

If you specify the \email command for a particular author, the given email address will be formatted in the title block; formerly it quietly processed its argument with no production.

