This is a collection of minimal documents for different LaTeX document classes.

Class article

Templates for document class article. Package geometry is used to decrease page margins in contrast to the default settings.

In the German version, package parskip is included to modify the transition between paragraphs. By this, paragraphs are not indented on their first line, but separated with empty lines.

en_article.tex 
\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

\usepackage[english]{babel}

\title{Title}
\author{John Smith}
\date{\today}

\usepackage{blindtext} % TODO

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\Blinddocument % TODO

\end{document}
de_article.tex 
\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

% German Indentation
\usepackage{parskip}

\title{Titel}
\author{Max Mustermann}
\date{\today}

\usepackage{blindtext} % TODO

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\Blinddocument % TODO

\end{document}