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#### 12.6.2 Header and sectioning structure

By default, the LaTeX output uses the class `article`.

You can change this globally by setting a different value for `org-export-latex-default-class` or locally by adding an option like `#+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass` in your file, or with a `:LaTeX_CLASS:` property that applies when exporting a region containing only this (sub)tree. The class must be listed in `org-export-latex-classes`. This variable defines a header template for each class1, and allows you to define the sectioning structure for each class. You can also define your own classes there. `#+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS` or a `LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS` property can specify the options for the `\documentclass` macro. You can also use `#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{xyz}` to add lines to the header. See the docstring of `org-export-latex-classes` for more information.

#### Footnotes

[1] Into which the values of `org-export-latex-default-packages-alist` and `org-export-latex-packages-alist` are spliced.