Articles I've written for customers on IT issues.
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  1. To make latex look different you use a class. Templates aka class.
  2. classes can be found on CTAN. search class.
  3. CTAN is like CPAN. same idea, but latex instead of perl.
  4. here's some notable classes, as I research for something to use for
  5. data sheets for my company
  6. https://ctan.org/pkg/erdc
  7. this is a us army corps engineers formatted class.
  8. https://ctan.org/pkg/active-conf
  9. (the example pdf is the class, i think) EDIT: this is boring. ignore.
  10. https://ctan.org/pkg/jmlr
  11. this one is very direct, and not bad. decent.
  12. https://ctan.org/pkg/ieeetran
  13. ieee format. Somewhat pedantic. two column
  14. https://ctan.org/pkg/nostarch
  15. no starch press. really a book format. i don't like it. but its book
  16. looking.
  17. https://ctan.org/pkg/computational-complexity
  18. this one is good. readable. nice.
  19. https://ctan.org/pkg/hitec
  20. this one is good. simple data sheet format. add logos and you are good.
  21. except the sample says win is good. dropped.
  22. https://ctan.org/pkg/technics
  23. this one is ok. not the best, but not bad.
  24. https://ctan.org/pkg/ycbook
  25. interesting book style. Has a very upbeat appearance. Consider this one.
  26. https://ctan.org/pkg/nih
  27. good for a resume. has example. not good for articles.
  28. https://ctan.org/pkg/sae
  29. decent, but needs a better font. basic simple.
  30. https://ctan.org/pkg/unitn-bimrep
  31. bimonthly report. notable. unique. not good for resume or data sheet, but perhaps for hours invoicing.
  32. https://ctan.org/pkg/beilstein
  33. good for data sheet, but needs sans serif not serif
  34. https://ctan.org/pkg/gzt
  35. good textbook format.
  36. https://ctan.org/pkg/novel
  37. basic fiction book format. decent.
  38. https://ctan.org/pkg/topletter
  39. good letter format
  40. https://ctan.org/pkg/skrapport
  41. ery simple. good, but too simple for me. i want mine like electronic data sheets.
  42. https://ctan.org/pkg/dccpaper
  43. close to right. consider this one. 8/10
  44. https://ctan.org/pkg/nwejm
  45. decent, but not perfect. 7/10
  46. https://ctan.org/pkg/langsci
  47. Very good. perhaps, I will use this for my book (not for data sheet, unless you can horizontal line)
  48. https://ctan.org/pkg/elsarticle
  49. good. 8.5/10 but needs some customization (logos, etc)
  50. https://ctan.org/pkg/prtec
  51. decent. with default font, very commanding serif. ordering almost.
  52. https://ctan.org/pkg/iodhbwm
  53. very good. 9/10. Could possibly test. font is serif though.
  54. https://ctan.org/pkg/elegantbook
  55. notable for its relaxed tone, due to teh font, but perhaps too slow to read.
  56. https://ctan.org/pkg/asmejour
  57. decent but needs larger font.
  58. https://ctan.org/pkg/dtk
  59. 7/10 data sheet class. needs horizontal line at top
  60. MUST HAVES:
  61. must have horizontal line at top of each page.
  62. must have readable font.
  63. Overall:
  64. best are:
  65. https://ctan.org/pkg/jmlr
  66. https://ctan.org/pkg/erdc
  67. army core one. v good.
  68. I've decided to start with erdc one for now. Let's customize and reuse.
  69. https://ctan.org/pkg/microtype
  70. not a class, but a font package that allows adjusting letterspacing. Always required.