The default templates for the article document class commonly introduce the following:
\documentclass[]{article}
%opening
\title{}
\author{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
\end{abstract}
\section{}
\end{document}
The \maketitle
command introduces the title, author, date components. If you do not want to have this structure you could just use the following:
\documentclass[]{article}
\begin{document}
YOUR TEXT
\end{document}
Then you can shape your document as you want (sections, alignment, margins etcetera).
Note, that there are many document classes that would allow for different settings, and of course that its not that difficult to make a document class yourself!
article
for general work. With thegeometry
package and an optional font package, it is quite versatile in its appearance. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 2 '15 at 12:48article
(don't useminimal
unless you know what it does, and doesn't do) – David Carlisle Sep 2 '15 at 12:49