Is there a class for typesetting novels? I know it's trivial to you, but I really need one.
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I'd like to use LaTeX to typeset a novel. Could you recommend me any template?  What I mean is a template (some .tex file) where I can include my chapterN.tex files (mainly plain text) and get a pretty good design with zero work :)
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I looked around but did not find that anyone has asked this before, but what are the fonts that are standard/recommended while writing academic reports/papers?
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I'm using the standard book class. If I write  \documentclass{book}  \begin{document}  \frontmatter \tableofcontents  \mainmatter \chapter{foo} \section{Donald}  \backmatter \chapter{bar} \section{Mickey}  \end{document}   I expect to have chapter bar numbered as appendix A and section Mickey as A.1. Instead chapter bar is not numbered and section Mickey is 1.2, following section Donald. If I insert the appendix command to obtain  \documentclass{book}  \begin{document}  \frontmatter \tableofcontents  \mainmatter \chapter{foo} \section{Donald}  \backmatter \appendix \chapter{bar} \section{Mickey}  \end{document}   then chapter bar is unnumbered and section Mickey is numbered as .1.  What am I doing wrong?
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So, this guy has made . Making books of SE stuff is okay, but two rules need to be followed:   Attribution License the work under CC-BY-SA as well   This  claims that the books do attribute properly. I find it unlikely that he has properly licensed the books under CC-BY-SA though, given that he's selling them as eBooks. It's possible, but it's dubious (why do people buy them if they can get them for free?)  Could someone investigate. CC-BY-SA is important, it what keeps things open.  Again, I'm fine with him selling books, but not violating creative commons.  (P.S. The other problem I have with it is the covers are really bad.)
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I'm searching for a template which makes a document look like it's written with a real typewriter. Ideally, this means it's not only in mono-spaced font, but the hyphenation is adjusted accordingly. Also, some randomness would be nice (e.g. some characters more bold than others), so that it looks more natural.
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Since TeX and LaTeX can print out any text, it should be possible to write a self-replicating document, i.e., a document that is typeset as a PDF/DVI of itself. Have you seen something like that?
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I would like to have "something" (a package, a trick, a macro, ...?) that makes it possible for me to nicely play with the margins (or the layout) in order to set the average or typical number of characters per line.  Ideally, this "system" would help me keep this ratio (66, 2.5 alphabets, or any other number I choose/input) independent from changes in font families (such as with the use of the package pslatex or txfonts for example), in font sizes (with a 10pt or 12pt class option for example).  I've looked around a bit, and I kind of understood, that using KOMA-Script classes or the memoir class may be part of a solution, be I would prefer not (especially because I have never used any so far).  An important point for me is that the whole proportions or principles of the original layout must be kept. For example, if there was a set ratio between left and right margins, then, just playing around with one margin or with textwidth/linewidth would not satisfy me.  Why I'd like to do this? Because I like to use the pslatex package, but this put the average number of charaters per line from about 65 without to about 75+ with.  Note, I have already gone or skimmed through:        And, also there may be answers there, I couldn't (too easily) find them.
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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 letter pages to be numbered inline with the other pages and have them show up in the Table of Contents.   Is it possible to change the class used for an individual or range of pages while still keeping things like page numbering consistent across them?   EDIT I'm trying to create a "welcome to the company" sort of document that has a cover page, table of contents, welcome letter, then various sections of information. I've never tried this in anything other than a word processor where it's easy to set "master pages" or "template pages" for individual pages in the document. So I could use a letterhead template page for the welcome letter part and a standard article-type template for the rest and still have the letter numbered/referenced in the ToC.   So the idea was to take advantage of the classes written, if possible, rather than have to format a single page by hand differently from the rest.
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I'm not really a programmer but I'm quite interested in learning how to use LaTeX/TeX. I've looked it up on Wikipedia and scanned through it and the documents created through this way of editing is just  beautiful. Formulas are also available within it too, so writing math thesis or physics papers would be amazing.   Is this system just for programmers, or can normal people use it too? (I'm mainly a designer, so I usually edit it in Word or InDesign.)
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Some of the available classes of documents in LaTeX are well known and widely used, such as the  and beamer classes, while others are not so well known, such as the  class.   I found  (edit: transcribed)     article for articles in scientific journals, presentations, short reports, program documentation, invitations, ...   proc a class for proceedings based on the article class.   minimal is as small as it can get. It only sets a page size and a base font. It is mainly used for debugging purposes.   report for longer reports containing several chapters, small books, thesis, ...   book for real books   slides for slides. The class uses big sans serif letters.   memoir for changing sensibly the output of the document. It is based on the book class, but you can create any kind of document with it    letter  For writing letters.   beamer  For writing presentations (see ).   which lists the main classes and is a good starting point, but the description is too short and still leaves one wondering when it would be more suitable to choose one class over the other and what the characteristics of each class is. Furthermore, the list is not exhaustive I think, given that I know at least one more document class that is not there (the standalone class, as I mentioned).  So my question is: what are the available classes of documents in LaTeX, and could you provide a brief description of the class and the situations where it would be recommended?   Please give only one class per answer.
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(Background: I'm a beginner who will mostly use LaTeX for university articles and reports, but no math. Also, as I reside in Canada, the German typography conventions, which I understand KOMA-Script supports better than LaTeX, are less relevant).  I've read that the KOMA-Script package has a lot of improvements for the default document classes. Yet the 's length, about 250 pages, is somewhat daunting. I plan to read the chapters I'm interested in anyway but it'd be useful to have some pointers about low hanging fruits. I searched the site and  answers say KOMA-Script adds improvements but do not delve into details.  I'll ask this as a community wiki topic and, since the audience of this site is international, feel free to mention German typography if KOMA-Script is better there.
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I am looking for an example for using the  package to write a cover letter, with names and addresses on a spreadsheet. The package comes with an example, but you have to manually enter all the data.
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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}  \ProvidesClass{testclass}[2011/01/30 v0.1 testclass] \LoadClass{book}   or  \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}  \ProvidesClass{testclass}[2011/01/30 v0.1 testclass] \LoadClassWithOptions{book}   In both examples the options a4paper and oneside are passed to book. So, I don't see any difference in the result.
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The standard titlepage is quite simple. I am looking for a very  and need help customizing my title page.  It should match the  classicthesis doctoral thesis template  Below a minimal working example:   \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,footinclude=true,twoside,headinclude=true]{scrbook} \XeTeXinputencoding iso-8859-1 \usepackage[marginparsep=8pt,left=3.5cm,right=3.5cm,top=3cm,bottom=3cm]{geometry}  \usepackage[parts,pdfspacing,dottedtoc]{classicthesis}    \frontmatter  \begin{document}     \pagestyle{scrheadings}        %this is the place to set up my cover sheet.       %*******************************************************      % Abstract     %*******************************************************    %\renewcommand{\abstractname}{Abstract}    \pdfbookmark[1]{Résumé}{Résumé}   \begingroup    \let\clearpage\relax    \let\cleardoublepage\relax    \let\cleardoublepage\relax       \chapter{Résumé}     Résumé de la thèse en français\dots      \vfill      \chapter*{Summary}   Résumé de la thèse en anglais\dots    \endgroup             \vfill     \end{document}
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I'm increasingly fed up with the arbitrary restrictions that the standard LaTeX letter class has. Today I discovered that the table environment is not defined in the standard letter class, which means one can't use labels or captions.  CTAN has a . Can anyone suggest a good LaTeX letter class to work with for general use? I'd like something as flexible and with as few restrictions as possible, well maintained, not excessively complicated to use, and not buggy. I was earlier recommended newlfm (on comp.text.tex).  was about the fact that the letter class does not allow the addition of a subject.  A similar question has been asked already, , where scrlttr2 is recommended.
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Is there something like indent for LaTeX? I have a collaborator that is using Scientific Workplace and the code it produces is totally messed up; I know I shouldn't expect miracles, but any machine support would be useful.  EDIT: This question is quite undefined without my comment to KeithB's answer; the idea is to save VC-friendly one sentence/one paragraph per text file line structure which SWT "fixes" by wrapping everything into fixed column width format.
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In a comment to my , Peter Grill said that he read that the minimal class should not be used for a Minimal Working Example. I wonder why, and which class should I use instead?  BTW: Is it preferable to use article or scrartcl, i.e. the standard classes or the ones form the KOMA-Script bundle?