Time for action – titling your document

We will take the first example and insert some commands that will produce a nice-looking title.

1. Type the following code in the editor; modify the previous example if you like:

   \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
   \begin{document}
   \title{Example 2}
   \author{My name}
   \date{January 5, 2011}
   \maketitle
   \section{What's this?}
   This is our second document. It contains a title and a section with text.
   \end{document}

2. Click the Typeset button.

3. View the output:

   

What just happened?

In the first chapter, we talked about logical formatting. First, let's look at this example from that point of view. We told LaTeX that:

• Our document is of the type article. It will be printed on A4 paper using a size of 11 points for the base font.

• The title is "Example 2".

• You are the author.

• The document was written on January 5, 2011.

• Concerning the content of the document:

  • It begins with a title.

  • The first section shall have the heading "What's this?"

  • The following text is "This is our second...