写答复信的唯一目的是让编辑和审稿人一目了然的知道我们做了哪些修改。因此，所有的格式和写法都要围绕这一目的。一般来说可以把答复信分成三部分，即List of Actions, Responses to Editor, Responses to Reviewers。第一部分List of Actions的作用是简明扼要的列出所有修改的条目，让编辑和审稿人在第一时间对修改量有个概念，同时它还充当着修改目录的作用，详见下面的例子。剩下的两部分是分别对编辑和审稿人所做的答复，格式可以一样，按照“意见”－“argue”（如果有的话）－“修改”这样逐条进行。清楚醒目起见，可以用不同字体分别标出，比如“意见”用italic，“argue”正常字体，“修改”用bold。下面举例说明各部分的写法和格式。
编辑意见：请在修改稿中用双倍行距。
审稿人1：
意见1：置疑文章的创新性，提出相似的工作已经被A和B做过。
意见2：算法表述不明确。
意见3：对图3的图例应做出解释。
审稿人2：
意见1：图2太小。
意见2：第3页有个错别字。
很显然，根据上面的答复策略，我们准备对除1号审稿人意见1之外的所有意见进行相应改动，而对1.1采取argue为主的策略。答复如下：
List of Actions
LOA1: The revised manuscript is doublespaced.
LOA2: A discussion on novelty of this workand a comparison with A and B have been added in page 3.
LOA3: A paragraph has been added in page 5to further explain the algorithm ***.
LOA4: Explanations of the legend of Figure3 have been added in page 7.
LOA5: Figure 2 has been enlarged.
LOA6: All typos have been removed.
Responses to Editor
请在修改稿中用双倍行距。
We have double spaced the text throughoutthe revised manuscript, see LOA1.
Responses to Reviewers
To Reviewer 1:
意见1：置疑文章的创新性，提出相似的工作已经被A和B做过。
Thank you for pointing this out. A and B’sresearch groups have done blablablabla. However, the focus of our work is onblablablabla, which is very different from A and B’s work, and this is also themajor contribution of our work. We have added the following discussion on thisissue in our revised manuscript, see LOA2.
“blablablabla(此处把A和B的工作做一个review，并提出自己工作和他们的区别之处)”
意见2：算法表述不明确。
We have added the following discussion tofurther explain algorithm ***, see LOA3.
“blablablabla（此处进一步解释该算法）”
意见3：对图3的图例应做出解释。
We have added the following explanations ofthe legend of Figure 3, see LOA3.
“blablablabla（图3图例的解释）”
To Reviewer 2:
意见1：图2太小。
We have enlarged Figure 2, see LOA 4.
意见2：第3页有个错别字。
We have removed all typos, see LOA5.
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