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 % - Bad type area setting, caused by using a landscape page. The type area is malformed, but this is no problem if you only include external pages
 
 
+% # choosing a document class:
+% The command below is the first one you will see in pretty much any LaTeX document. It sets up the so called documentclass,
+% which is what determines all of your styling and sets up loads of stuff for you. In general there are classes for pretty much
+% every type of document you could need, but this project provides a few classes specialized for the Hochschule Hannover.
+% You can find information about the classes and the options in the README, but here is an example setup with load of comments:
 \documentclass[	%----------------------Preamble---------------------------------------------------%
 		fontsize=11pt,  % fontsize
 		a4paper,	    % papersize