\documentclass{hitec} \newcommand{\HT}{\textsc{\raisebox{0.1em}{h}\raisebox{-0.1em}{i}% \raisebox{0.1em}{t}\raisebox{-0.1em}{e}\raisebox{0.1em}{c} }} \title{The \HT class} \author{Eli Billauer} \company{The Company, Ltd} \confidential{\textbf{-- Unlimited Distribution --}} \usepackage{hyperref} % This line is readily ommited of it makes trouble \begin{document} \maketitle \section{The general idea} This short paper is mainly a demonstration page to show what the papers written with this class will look like. The document class is a hack on the well-known \texttt{article} class, where pieces of \TeX \hspace{0pt} code has been stolen from a couple of other classes. This class completes, in my opinion, the set of tools needed to use \LaTeX \hspace{0pt} in a hi-tec environment, where Microsoft rules too often. I'm delighted by the fact that Xemacs and \LaTeX \hspace{0pt} run in a win32 environment, and that proper pdf's can be produced using utilities such as \texttt{pdflatex} or \texttt{dvipdfm}. These allow me to get a Linux-feeling even when running Windows. Even better: I can write technical documents the way I like, and produce pdf's that noone will complain about. But I discovered that there was no way to escape the academic look of the well-known \texttt{article} document class. There are many other classes around, yes, but almost all of them smell quite the same. Academy is not a four-letter word, but when a paper is submitted to your boss, he better not get the wrong impression before even reading it. So, in order to solve \emph{my} problem of giving my documents a nice outfit, I started the adventure of modifying \texttt{article}. While doing that, I understood why noone else has yet published such a class... \section{hitec vs. article} Papers that were compiled neatly as \texttt{article} are expected to give a fairly nice result right away after changing to \HT. The only exception is that \HT doesn't work with two-column documents. Such documents' compilation will be aborted with an error message. Aside from that, the \HT class behaves a bit differently regarding document information: \begin{itemize} \item The \verb+\author+ command \emph{can not} be repeated to present more than one author. This wasn't an attempt to reflect the loneliness of hi-tec workers, as opposed to the academic world, where they always work in pairs. The reason is technical: The author's name appears on all pages (hi-tec, right?) and there's no place for a list of people. In the case of multiple authors (did you waste time working together?) write them all in a single line. Remember that omitting an author can be a very painful mistake, and this will happen with no warning when switching to \HT. % \item The \verb+\company+ command allows you not only to tell who you are, but also who you're working for. % \item The \verb+\confidential+ command has been added, to allow companies to mark their papers as confidential. \end{itemize} \section{Just a small tip} If a pdf is your final target, going \verb+\usepackage{hyperref}+ in the beginning of your document is very recommended. The \texttt{hyperref} package will not only create web-like links where there are references to equations or sections, but it also creates the well-known bookmark list. \section{Summary} The \HT class was designed to allow \LaTeX \hspace{0pt} to produce papers that suite the hi-tec world, in functionality and appearance. Together with other free software, a Windows-running PC can become a comfortable platform for creating impressive pdf documents using well-tested tools. \end{document}