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\section{Document Classes}
The different types of document classes help you build a specific type of document. Here is a brief description of the most common classes:
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\textbf{Class} & \textbf{Usage} \\
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\textbf{article} & Articles for scientific or mathematical journals, short reports, and any kind of short document which does not require separate chapters or parts. \\
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\textbf{report} & A long article form that contains chapters. It is often used for small books and theses. \\
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\textbf{book} & Used to typeset actual books. It can contain chapters and parts, left and right pages, frontmatter, etc. \\
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\textbf{beamer} & Slide decks (It has supplanted the \texttt{slides} class.) \\
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\textbf{letter} & For writing letters \\
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\textbf{exam} & Exams and quizzes \\
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\textbf{proc} & For writing meeting proceedings \\
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\section{Paragraphs and White Space}