I have the following title page in LaTeX:
\documentclass{article}
\title{Appendix A: User Manual}
\author{
John Smith\University XYZ\Albert Square\Walford\NC1 8AE
}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
What is the proper way to add a new page, say, for the contents page and start editing that new page?
The easiest way to finish a page (and create a new one) is the \newpage command. This will add enough vertical space to fill the current page, and then add a page break.
\documentclass{article}
\title{Appendix A: User Manual}
\author{
John Smith\\University XyZ\\Albert Square\\Walford\\NC1 8AE
}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\section{Introduction}
Lorem Ipsum.
\end{document}
But in your case you will have an almost empty first page - in an article you normally don't want a separate title page. Simply put the table of contents (\tableofcontents) on the same page, and then start with the first section:
\documentclass{article}
\title{Appendix A: User Manual}
\author{
John Smith\\University XyZ\\Albert Square\\Walford\\NC1 8AE
}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\section{Introduction}
Lorem Ipsum.
\end{document}
(You will need at least two LaTeX runs to see the full table of contents.)
\subsection. Please have a look the Not so short introduction to LaTeX2e or some of the resources listed at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11/what-is-the-best-book-to-start-learning-latex. – Caramdir Aug 17 '11 at 02:42