<p>Locate <code>\begin{frontmatter}</code> command and replace it with the following</p>
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode latex"><code class="sourceCode latex"><span class="kw">\begin</span>{<span class="ex">frontmatter</span>}
<span class="fu">\includepdf</span>[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}</code></pre></div>
-<h4 id="ieee-and-springer">IEEE and Springer</h4>
+<h4 id="ieee">IEEE</h4>
<p>Locate <code>\maketitle</code> command and replace it with the following</p>
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode latex"><code class="sourceCode latex"><span class="fu">\null</span>
<span class="fu">\includepdf</span>[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
<span class="fu">\maketitle</span></code></pre></div>
+<h4 id="springer">Springer</h4>
+<p>If your manuscript is two-column, then locate <code>\maketitle</code> command and replace it with the following</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode latex"><code class="sourceCode latex"><span class="fu">\null</span>
+<span class="fu">\includepdf</span>[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
+<span class="fu">\maketitle</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>For a single column manuscript, locate <code>\maketitle</code> command and replace it with the following</p>
+<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode latex"><code class="sourceCode latex"><span class="fu">\pagenumbering</span>{gobble}
+<span class="fu">\includepdf</span>[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
+<span class="fu">\pagenumbering</span>{arabic}
+<span class="fu">\maketitle</span></code></pre></div>
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\includepdf[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
```
-#### IEEE and Springer
+#### IEEE
Locate `\maketitle` command and replace it with the following
```latex
\null
\includepdf[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
\maketitle
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+#### Springer
+If your manuscript is two-column, then locate `\maketitle` command and replace it with the following
+```latex
+\null
+\includepdf[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
+\maketitle
+```
+
+For a single column manuscript, locate `\maketitle` command and replace it with the following
+```latex
+\pagenumbering{gobble}
+\includepdf[pages=1,fitpaper,noautoscale]{title_page.pdf}
+\pagenumbering{arabic}
+\maketitle
+```