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3 Document classes

The class of a given document is defined with the command:

     \documentclass[options]{class}

The \documentclass command must be the first command in a LaTeX source file.

Built-in LaTeX document class names are (many other document classes are available as add-ons; see Overview):

     article  report  book  letter  slides

Standard options are described below.