A typical example of the kind of instructions one receives from a journal (ASME - American Society for Mechanical Engineers) for formatting manuscripts can be found here:
LaTeX information:
LaTeX2e information: Microsoft Word information:Wordperfect information:
calclab1% cd /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base calclab1% ls alltt.sty fleqn.sty ltxdoc.cls ot1cmvtt.fd t1cmfr.fd ansinew.def fontenc.sty ltxguide.cls ot1enc.def t1cmr.fd applemac.def fontmath.ltx makeidx.sty ot1lcmss.fd t1cmss.fd article.cls fonttext.ltx minimal.cls ot1lcmtt.fd t1cmtt.fd article.sty graphpap.sty newlfont.sty ot4enc.def t1cmvtt.fd ascii.def hyphen.ltx next.def pict2e.sty t1enc.def bezier.sty idx.tex nfssfont.tex preload.ltx t1enc.sty bk10.clo ifthen.sty oldlfont.sty proc.cls t1lcmss.fd bk11.clo inputenc.sty omlcmm.fd proc.sty t1lcmtt.fd bk12.clo lablst.tex omlcmr.fd report.cls testpage.tex book.cls latex.ltx omlenc.def report.sty textcomp.sty book.sty latex209.def omllcmm.fd sample2e.tex tracefnt.sty cp1250.def latexbug.tex omscmr.fd sfonts.def ts1cmr.fd cp1252.def latexsym.sty omscmsy.fd shortvrb.sty ts1cmss.fd cp437.def latin1.def omsenc.def showidx.sty ts1cmtt.fd cp437de.def latin2.def omslcmsy.fd size10.clo ts1cmvtt.fd cp850.def latin3.def omxcmex.fd size11.clo ts1enc.def cp852.def latin5.def omxlcmex.fd size12.clo ucmr.fd cp865.def leqno.clo openbib.sty slides.cls ucmss.fd decmulti.def leqno.sty ot1cmdh.fd slides.def ucmtt.fd doc.sty letter.cls ot1cmfib.fd slides.sty ulasy.fd docstrip.tex letter.sty ot1cmfr.fd small2e.tex ullasy.fd exscale.sty ltnews.cls ot1cmr.fd syntonly.sty flafter.sty ltpatch.ltx ot1cmss.fd t1cmdh.fd fleqn.clo ltxcheck.tex ot1cmtt.fd t1cmfib.fd
Sample files for a letter:
letter.tex
p_lhead.tex
headstuff.tex
header.tex