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The file I tried to compile is:
\documentclass(article)
\begin(document)
This is my first document
\end(document)
The message I get is:
! LaTeX Error: File `(.cls' not found.
Would appreciate some guidance. Thanks a lot.

Hello all,
I am an absolutely new user of Miktex2.8.For my first attempt to compile, I received an error message file .cls not found. Can somebody please tell me what to do. Thanks.