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Standard classes

The following classes are distributed with LATEX:
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 LATEX 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 LATEX.
ltnews
The document class for the LATEX News information sheet, based on article. The layout for this class is likely to change in future releases of LATEX.
minimal
This class is the bare minimum (3 lines) that is needed in a LATEX class file. It just sets the text width and height, and defines \normalsize. It is principally intended for debugging and testing LATEX 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.

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