Valid LaTeX document classes include:
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 centred.
-
openbib
- use "open" bibliography format.
-
draft, final
- mark/do not mark overfull boxes with a rule.
Default is final.
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.
LaTeX2e manual: v1.0 - (2/95).
