To make latex look different you use a class. Templates aka class. classes can be found on CTAN. search class. CTAN is like CPAN. same idea, but latex instead of perl. here's some notable classes, as I research for something to use for data sheets for my company https://ctan.org/pkg/erdc this is a us army corps engineers formatted class. https://ctan.org/pkg/active-conf (the example pdf is the class, i think) EDIT: this is boring. ignore. https://ctan.org/pkg/jmlr this one is very direct, and not bad. decent. https://ctan.org/pkg/ieeetran ieee format. Somewhat pedantic. two column https://ctan.org/pkg/nostarch no starch press. really a book format. i don't like it. but its book looking. https://ctan.org/pkg/computational-complexity this one is good. readable. nice. https://ctan.org/pkg/hitec this one is good. simple data sheet format. add logos and you are good. except the sample says win is good. dropped. https://ctan.org/pkg/technics this one is ok. not the best, but not bad. https://ctan.org/pkg/ycbook interesting book style. Has a very upbeat appearance. Consider this one. https://ctan.org/pkg/nih good for a resume. has example. not good for articles. https://ctan.org/pkg/sae decent, but needs a better font. basic simple. https://ctan.org/pkg/unitn-bimrep bimonthly report. notable. unique. not good for resume or data sheet, but perhaps for hours invoicing. https://ctan.org/pkg/beilstein good for data sheet, but needs sans serif not serif https://ctan.org/pkg/gzt good textbook format. https://ctan.org/pkg/novel basic fiction book format. decent. https://ctan.org/pkg/topletter good letter format https://ctan.org/pkg/skrapport ery simple. good, but too simple for me. i want mine like electronic data sheets. https://ctan.org/pkg/dccpaper close to right. consider this one. 8/10 https://ctan.org/pkg/nwejm decent, but not perfect. 7/10 https://ctan.org/pkg/langsci Very good. perhaps, I will use this for my book (not for data sheet, unless you can horizontal line) https://ctan.org/pkg/elsarticle good. 8.5/10 but needs some customization (logos, etc) https://ctan.org/pkg/prtec decent. with default font, very commanding serif. ordering almost. https://ctan.org/pkg/iodhbwm very good. 9/10. Could possibly test. font is serif though. https://ctan.org/pkg/elegantbook notable for its relaxed tone, due to teh font, but perhaps too slow to read. https://ctan.org/pkg/asmejour decent but needs larger font. https://ctan.org/pkg/dtk 7/10 data sheet class. needs horizontal line at top MUST HAVES: must have horizontal line at top of each page. must have readable font. Overall: best are: https://ctan.org/pkg/jmlr https://ctan.org/pkg/erdc army core one. v good. I've decided to start with erdc one for now. Let's customize and reuse. https://ctan.org/pkg/microtype not a class, but a font package that allows adjusting letterspacing. Always required.