Document Classes

Valid LaTeX document classes include:

• article
• report
• letter
• book
• slides

Other document classes are often available. See section Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide, for details. They are selected with the following command:

\documentclass [options] {class}

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

10pt, 11pt, 12pt

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

a4paper, a5paper, b5paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, executivepaper

Miscellaneous options:

• landscape -- selects landscape format. Default is portrait.
• titlepage, notitlepage -- selects if there should be a separate title page.
• leqno -- equation number on left side of equations. Default is right side.
• fleqn -- displayed formulas flush left. Default is centred.
• openbib -- use "open" bibliography format.
• draft, final -- mark/do not mark overfull boxes with a rule. Default is final.

These options are not available with the slides class:

• oneside, twoside -- selects one- or twosided layout. Default is oneside, except for the book class.
• openright, openany -- determines if a chapter should start on a right-hand page. Default is openright for book.
• onecolumn, twocolumn -- one or two columns. Defaults to one column.

The slides class offers the option clock for printing the time at the bottom of each note.

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

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.