Standard classes

The following classes are distributed with L^ATEX:

article

The article class described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.

book

The book class described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.

report

The report class described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.

letter

The letter class described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.

slides

The slides class described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, formerly SLiTeX.

proc

A document class for proceedings, based on article. Formerly the proc package.

ltxdoc

The document class for documenting the L^ATEX program, based on article.

ltxguide

The document class for LaTeX2e for Authors and LaTeX2e for Class and Package Writers, based on article. The document you are reading now uses the ltxguide class. The layout for this class is likely to change in future releases of L^ATEX.

ltnews

The document class for the L^ATEX News information sheet, based on article. The layout for this class is likely to change in future releases of L^ATEX.

minimal

This class is the bare minimum (3 lines) that is needed in a L^ATEX class file. It just sets the text width and height, and defines \normalsize. It is principally intended for debugging and testing L^ATEX code in situations where you do not need to load a `full' class such as article. If, however, you are designing a completely new class that is aimed for documents with structure radically different from the structure supplied by the article class, then it may make sense to use this as a base and add to it code implementing the required structure, rather than starting from article and modifying the code there.