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In the standard classes the title appears on a 0132 separate page, except in the <code>article</code> class where it is at the top 0133 of the first page. (See <a href="Document-class-options.html#Document-class-options">Document class options</a> for information about 0134 the <code>titlepage</code> document class option.) 0135 </p> 0136 <p>This example shows <code>\maketitle</code> appearing in its usual place, 0137 immediately after <code>\begin{document}</code>. 0138 </p> 0139 <div class="example"> 0140 <pre class="example">\documentclass{article} 0141 \title{Constructing a Nuclear Reactor Using Only Coconuts} 0142 \author{Jonas Grumby\thanks{% 0143 With the support of a Ginger Grant from the Roy Hinkley Society.} \\ 0144 Skipper, \textit{Minnow} 0145 \and 0146 Willy Gilligan\thanks{% 0147 Thanks to the Mary Ann Summers foundation 0148 and to Thurston and Lovey Howell.} \\ 0149 Mate, \textit{Minnow} 0150 } 0151 \date{1964-Sep-26} 0152 \begin{document} 0153 \maketitle 0154 Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. 0155 That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. The mate was 0156 a mighty sailin' man, the Skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set 0157 sail that day for a three hour tour. A three hour tour. 0158 ... 0159 </pre></div> 0160 0161 <p>You tell LaTeX the information used to produce the title by making 0162 the following declarations. These must come before the 0163 <code>\maketitle</code>, either in the preamble or in the document body. 0164 </p> 0165 <dl compact="compact"> 0166 <dt><code>\author{<var>name1</var> \and <var>name2</var> \and ...}</code> 0167 <a name="index-_005cauthor_007bname1-_005cand-name2-_005cand-_002e_002e_002e_007d"></a> 0168 </dt> 0169 <dd><a name="index-author_002c-for-titlepage"></a> 0170 <a name="index-_005c_005c-for-_005cauthor"></a> 0171 <a name="index-_005cand-for-_005cauthor"></a> 0172 <p>Required. Declare the document author or authors. The argument is a 0173 list of authors separated by <code>\and</code> commands. To separate lines 0174 within a single author’s entry, for instance to give the author’s 0175 institution or address, use a double backslash, <code>\\</code>. If you omit 0176 the <code>\author</code> declaration then you get ‘<samp>LaTeX Warning: No 0177 \author given</samp>’. 0178 </p> 0179 </dd> 0180 <dt><code>\date{<var>text</var>}</code> 0181 <a name="index-_005cdate_007btext_007d"></a> 0182 </dt> 0183 <dd><a name="index-date_002c-for-titlepage"></a> 0184 <p>Optional. Declare <var>text</var> to be the document’s date. The <var>text</var> 0185 doesn’t need to be in a date format; it can be any text at all. If you 0186 omit <code>\date</code> then LaTeX uses the current date (see <a href="_005ctoday.html#g_t_005ctoday">\today</a>). 0187 To have no date, instead use <code>\date{}</code>. 0188 </p> 0189 </dd> 0190 <dt><code>\thanks{<var>text</var>}</code> 0191 <a name="index-_005cthanks_007btext_007d"></a> 0192 </dt> 0193 <dd><a name="index-thanks_002c-for-titlepage"></a> 0194 <a name="index-credit-footnote"></a> 0195 <p>Optional. Produce a footnote. You can use it in the author information 0196 for acknowledgements as illustrated above, but you can also use it in 0197 the title, or any place a footnote makes sense. It can be any text at 0198 all so you can use it for any purpose, such as to print an email 0199 address. 0200 </p> 0201 </dd> 0202 <dt><code>\title{<var>text</var>}</code> 0203 <a name="index-_005ctitle_007btext_007d"></a> 0204 </dt> 0205 <dd><a name="index-title_002c-for-titlepage"></a> 0206 <a name="index-_005c_005c-for-_005ctitle"></a> 0207 <p>Required. Declare <var>text</var> to be the title of the document. Get line 0208 breaks inside <var>text</var> with a double backslash, <code>\\</code>. If you 0209 omit the <code>\title</code> declaration then you get ‘<samp>LaTeX Error: No 0210 \title given</samp>’. 0211 </p> 0212 </dd> 0213 </dl> 0214 0215 <p>To make your own title page, see <a href="titlepage.html#titlepage">titlepage</a>. You can either 0216 create this as a one-off or you can include it as part of a renewed 0217 <code>\maketitle</code> command. (Many publishers will provide a class to use 0218 in place of <code>article</code> that formats the title according to their 0219 house requirements.) 0220 </p> 0221 0222 0223 0224 <hr/><div class='referenceinfo'> <a href='https://latexref.xyz/'> <i>Unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual</i></a></div> 0225 </body> 0226 </html>