\documentclass{article}
    \title{Producing ordinary text using \LaTeX}
    \author{David R. Wilkins}
    \date{November 2001}
    \begin{document}
    \maketitle

    If one merely wishes to type in ordinary text, without 
    complicated mathematical formulae or special effects such 
    as font changes, then one merely has to type it in as it  
    is, leaving a completely blank line between successive 
    paragraphs.

    You do not have to worry about paragraph indentation:
    all paragraphs will be indented with the exception of
    the first paragraph of a new section.

    One must take care to distinguish between the `left quote'
    and the `right quote' on the computer terminal.  Also, one
    should use either two `single quote' characters in succession if
    one requires ``double quotes'' or the `double quote' character on
    the computer keyboard.  One also has to
    take care with dashes: a single dash is used for
    hyphenation, whereas three dashes in succession are required
    to produce a dash of the sort used for punctuation---such as
    the one used in this sentence.

    \end{document}
