General ⇒ A customized title page with the article class

[sombrancelha]

Hello

I'm new to LaTeX and I'm about to finish my first work with it.

However, I need some help with the title page (I'm not sure about the name, but it's the first page, with title, your name, etc.). I'm using the article documentclass, but I'd like a title page similar to report's title page. I'd also like to add my teacher's name, the subject's name and my university number. How can I set LaTeX to do that?

Thanks

[pumpkinegan]

Perhaps you should do it manually:

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage]{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
\vspace*{3cm}
\begin{center}
\Huge {Title of report} 
\end{center}
\vspace{2cm} 
\begin{center} 
\Large {Firstname Surname} \\[3pt]  
\textit{Affiliation} \\ 
\textit{Address} \\ [1cm] 
\today
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}

\clearpage
\section{First section}

\end{document}

Note that there is no \maketitle command. There are many customizations that you could try [small caps (\textsc), serif font (\textsf), bold font (\textbf), and different font sizes], but I hope the code above gives you a good start.

Patrick.

[localghost]

Don't forget to activate the titlepage environment with an option for the documentclass.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage]{article}
…

\begin{document}
  \begin{titlepage}
    \centering
    …
  \end{titlepage}
  …
\end{document}

[balfonsi]

Try the titling package: it has many possibilities for customising title pages.

B.A.

[sombrancelha]

thanks for the replies, I'll soon try them.

balfonsi, where can I get this titling package and how do I use it?

Thanks everyone

[balfonsi]

It's in the TeXLive distribution and in MiKTeX's. Or you can install it manually from one of the CTAN mirrors. Have a look at the TeX Catalogue On Line, it's quite useful for that kind of problem. Here's a link:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/C ... logue.html

Best regards,
B.A