Standard classes

The following classes are distributed with LATEX:
article
The |article| class described in .
book
The |book| class described in .
report
The |report| class described in .
letter
The |letter| class described in .
slides
The |slides| class described in , formerly .
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 and , 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.