Adding a new page

Question

I have the following title page in LaTeX:

\documentclass{article}

\title{Appendix A: User Manual}

\author{
John Smith\\University XyZ\\Albert Square\\Walford\\NC1 8AE
}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}

What is the proper way to add a new page (say for the contents page) and start editing hat new page?

Answer 1

The easiest way to finish a page (and create a new one) is the \newpage command. This will add enough vertical space to fill the current page, and then add a page break.

\documentclass{article}

\title{Appendix A: User Manual}

\author{
John Smith\\University XyZ\\Albert Square\\Walford\\NC1 8AE
}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
  \newpage
  \tableofcontents
  \newpage
  \section{Introduction}
  Lorem Ipsum.
\end{document}

But in your case you will have an almost empty first page - in an article you normally don't want a separate title page. Simply put the table of contents (\tableofcontents) on the same page, and then start with the first section:

\documentclass{article}

\title{Appendix A: User Manual}

\author{
John Smith\\University XyZ\\Albert Square\\Walford\\NC1 8AE
}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle

  \tableofcontents

  \section{Introduction}
   Lorem Ipsum.

\end{document}

(You will need at least two LaTeX runs to see the full table of contents.)