Document Classes

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Valid LaTeX document classes include:

• article
• book
• letter
• report
• slides

Other document classes are often available. See Overview for details. They are selected with the following command:

    \documentclass [options] {class}

Typeface Size

All the standard classes (except slides) accept the following options for selecting the typeface size (10 pt is default):

    10pt, 11pt, 12pt

Paper Size

All classes accept these options for selecting the paper size (default is letter):

    a4paper, a5paper, b5paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, executivepaper

Other Options

Miscellaneous options (* indicates that this option is not available with the slides class):

landscape

selects landscape format. Default is portrait.

oneside, twoside

selects one- or twosided layout. Default is oneside, except for the book class.

titlepage, notitlepage

selects if there should be a separate title page.

openright, openany

determines if a chaper should start on a right-hand page. Default is openright for book.

onecolumn, twocolumn

one or two columns. Defaults to one column.

leqno

equation number on left side of equations. Default is right side.

fleqn

displayed formulas flush left. Default is centered.

openbib

use “open” bibliography format.

draft, final

mark/do not mark overfull boxes with a rule. Default is final.

clock

available in slides class for printing the time at the bottom of each note.

If you specify more than one option, they must be separated by a comma. The slides class offers the option clock for printing the time at the bottom of each note.

Packages

Additional packages are loaded by a

    \usepackage[options]{pkg}

command. If you specify more than one package, they must be separated by a comma.

Any options given in the \documentclass command that are unknown by the selected document class are passed on to the packages loaded with \usepackage.

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