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+\documentstyle[a4]{artikel1} % or just 'article'
+\begin{document}
+
+\title{An introduction to the Dutch \LaTeX\ styles}
+\author{Victor Eijkhout}
+\date{3 September 1989}
+\maketitle
+
+\section{Background}
+
+The Dutch \LaTeX\ styles are an attempt to provide
+\LaTeX\ users with facilities of the standard distribution
+styles `article' and `report',
+but coupled to typography that is geared towards Dutch usage.
+In order to ensure interchangeability, the new styles
+implemented the commands of the distribution styles.
+In principle, then, no manual for these styles would be needed.
+There are a few points, however, that can't go without
+comment.
+
+Table 1 lists all files connected with the Dutch styles.
+These files can be found on the {\tt tex-nl} fileserver
+on the {\tt hearn} node of Bitnet/Earn.
+Not all of them are necessary, the ones with extension {\tt .tex}
+contain just blah.
+
+Remark: there exists a Dutch version of `letter', which is so
+specifically Dutch that I decided not to include it in this list.
+
+\begin{table}[bp]\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{|@{\tt\hspace{1em}}r|l|}
+ \hline
+ artikel1.sty & article compatible, design 1, straightforward \\
+ artikel2.sty & article compatible, design 2, rather different \\
+ artikel3.sty & article compatible, design 3,
+ parskip instead of indent\\
+ rapport1.sty & report compatible, design 1 \\
+ rapport3.sty & report compatible, design 3 \\
+ book.sty & book compatible, design 1, under development\\
+ ntg10.sty & 10 point option for all styles \\
+ ntg11.sty & 11 point option for all styles \\
+ ntg12.sty & 12 point option for all styles \\
+ voorwerk.sty & Dutch version of titlepage, needed for `rapport$x$' \\
+ a4.sty & page size for European norm A4 paper.\\
+ ntgstyle.tex & this story \\
+ artdoc.tex & the genesis of the `artikel' styles, in Dutch \\
+ rapdoc.tex & the genesis of the `rapport' styles, also in Dutch.\\
+ \hline \end{tabular}\end{center}
+\caption{List of files}
+\end{table}
+
+
+\section{Languages}
+
+These styles have been developed bearing in mind suggestions
+of Hubert Partl for making the language of styles switchable.
+Thus, on their own these styles will produce English captions
+like `chapter' and `table of contents', but specifying
+the options `dutch' or `german', or any language option
+that follows the directions of Partl, will switch these
+to the language of the option.
+
+
+\section{Design}
+
+At the moment there are styles compatible with `article' and
+with `report'. The Dutch names for these are `artikel'
+and `rapport'. In contrast to the standard styles, however,
+the user can now choose from different visual designs.
+Names of the styles are formed by appending their number
+to the name, for instance `rapport3'.
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Design one is meant to be a universally acceptable style.
+It has been kept as uncontroversial as possible.
+Under heavy protests of the implementer (me) the one
+point that has turned out to be controversial, the table
+of contents, has been made subject to a switch that can
+restore the old \LaTeX\ layout. Explanation of this follows.
+\item Design two will probably never be heavily used. It is
+more something of a heroic attempt to be different. At the
+moment only available in `artikel' form.
+\item Design three meets the wishes of people who like
+a zero \verb.\parindent. and a positive \verb.\parskip..
+As just setting these parameters within for instance `artikel1'
+will give some unwanted side effects, I~decided to repair
+these in a separate style.
+\end{enumerate}
+Credits for the visual design go to one real-life designer
+and a couple of books by designers I consulted.
+The full story can be found elsewhere.
+
+\subsection{User options}
+
+As was mentioned above, the new layout of the table
+of contents has turned out to be somewhat controversial.
+So, in order to ensure wider acceptance of these styles
+I~have incorporated a switch that will restore the
+old layout. Just specify the {\tt oldtoc} option.
+This is available in designs 1 and~3. Number~2 really
+insists on being different.
+
+I~do no page sizing, so kindly use an option like {\tt a4}.
+There is a nice one on the server, which is not the one
+by John Pavel.
+
+\subsection{Option files}
+
+Like in the standard styles there exist option files for
+$10/11/12$ point layout. Until now, however, I~have
+managed to get away with using the same option files
+for both the `artikel' `rapport', and `boek' styles.
+The option files then have to have some neutral
+names. Which are at the moment {\tt ntg10}, {\tt ntg11},
+and~{\tt ntg12}. `NTG', of course, stands for Nederlandse
+\TeX\ Gebruikersgroep, i.e., Dutch \TeX\ Users Group.
+
+When doing the `rapport' styles, I~needed to modify
+the `titlpage' option file. Thus there is a Dutch
+version of that, bearing the name of `voorwerk'
+(literal translation: `frontwork').
+Probably the majority of Dutch \LaTeX\ users
+don't even know that this is the correct term.
+You're never too old to learn.
+
+
+
+
+\end{document}
+