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Input File Structure

When LATEX2e processes an input file, it expects it to follow a certain structure. Thus every input file must start with the command

This specifies what sort of document you intend to write. After that, you can include commands that influence the style of the whole document, or you can load packages that add new features to the LATEX system. To load such a package you use the command

When all the setup work is done,3.5 you start the body of the text with the command



Now you enter the text mixed with some useful LATEX commands. At the end of the document you add the

command, which tells LATEX to call it a day. Anything that follows this command will be ignored by LATEX.

Figure [*] shows the contents of a minimal LATEX2e file. A slightly more complicated input file is given in Figure [*].

Figure: A Minimal LATEX File.

Figure: Example of a Realistic Journal Article. Note that all the commands you see in this example will be explained later in the introduction.


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