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Questions tagged [document-classes]

{document-classes} is for questions relating to the document class of the TeX file. This sets up various document-wide formatting elements.

is for questions relating to the document class of the .tex file. This sets up various document-wide formatting elements. Questions with this tag relate to choice of document class.

Some popular document classes include the standard article, book and report classes. KOMA script offers replacements for those standard classes: scrartcl, scrbook and scrrprt. To find out about differences between these classes, see Regarding the `book`, `report`, and `article` document classes: what are the main differences?. The memoir class is another popular choice.

Other, less common classes used for special purposes include the letter class and its KOMA replacement scrlttr2, the standalone class for testing TikZ pictures, for example. There is minimal which is another class used mainly for testing, but not recommended for minimal working examples (MWEs) on here. For typesetting CVs, there is (among others) the moderncv class. These and some more document classes are discussed at What are the available "documentclass" types and their uses?.

Questions about specific classes are better tagged with the class-specific tag. For example, memoir questions should be tagged and KOMA script classes should be tagged .

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Is there a documentclass that produces 'endless' pages?

Does anybody know of a documentclass that produces a page that has a fixed width and a variable length, depending on the actual content that needs to fit on the sheet? I'm trying to get something like a kind of scroll if possible.
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Difference between \LoadClass and \LoadClassWithOptions

Can anyone tell me the difference between those two commands? Edit: Thanks for the answers, but I didn't get the clue yet. Here's an example: test.tex \documentclass[a4paper,oneside]{mytestclass} ... mytestclass.cls \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}…
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What is a good Manual/Guide class in LaTeX?

I am writing a manual/guide for our intranet using LaTeX. I am wondering if there are classes developed for this purpose? A search returns results that are manuals about using LaTeX. Spefically I want to make use of "hint" boxes and the like…
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Change document class per page

Let's say I have a document that has many pages and some pages have different formats. For example, most of the pages are fine with \documentclass{article} but there may be pages in the middle that I want to be \documentclass{letter}. I want my…
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Are there any packages suited for making wedding invitations?

I'm getting married this coming winter, and it's about time to think about wedding invitations. Are their any document classes or packages suitable for this purpose?
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Latex class for one page document

Which class should I use to write simple documents? With 'simple documents' I mean short documents (about one or two pages) without the indication of author, title and dates. Wikipedia says that minimal class should be used for debugging purpose and…
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Can I change documentclass in the middle of a document?

A school I'm applying to requires me to combine my research statement and my CV into a single document. However, my research statement is in the amsart document class while my CV is in the article document class and I'm having trouble getting it to…
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Which document class should I use for a thesis proposal?

I am writing a proposal for a semester of paper reading and small projects that will result in a thesis proposal. The proposal will include 1) a thesis general thesis topic 2) specialized training 3) a reading list 4) a timeline. Which document…
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fleqn.clo vs fleqn.sty

Please have a look at this MWE: \documentclass{JHEP} \usepackage{fleqn} \author{me} \abstract{a} \title{t} \begin{document} \begin{equation} a = b+1 \end{equation} \end{document} however it works, i got warning inputting fleqn.clo instead…
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Which document class/package produced this document?

I'm very curious as to what document class could produce a document like this. I'd like to use it myself but I don't have access to the TeX source. Has anyone seen something similar (or the same)? And is there some central gallery for TeX document…
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Document Class for Reference Cards

I've seen a bunch of reference cards (either obviously or known-to-be TeX'd) that look exactly alike in format. Is there a documentclass or environment that's being done to enable this or, if not, how could it be implemented in a LaTeX-y,…
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What is the easiest way to mix document classes in the same PDF?

I would like a letter at the start of my report, but it would be a different document class. Could I use the same .tex file, with \begin{document}\end{document}\begin{document}\end{document}?
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Why don't book, report and article provide the same commands?

The popular question Regarding the `book`, `report`, and `article` document classes: what are the main differences? collects many differences between the book, report and article classes. In particular, some commands are not available in articles…
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create a self-contained source?

Is there a simple way to export a self-contained source for a large LaTeX document? I would like it to export all of the class files, etc as well as the sources that I have written in order to create a self-contained source.
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Typesetting a radio script

I wan't to typeset a radio script, which will look like this example. Basically, a column with the name of the role and another column with the text. Because I'm using this script for non-native speakers also, I'd like to implement a third column…
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