LaTeX Template for starting documents quickly

document.tex

%% Set the overall document-class properties:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}

%% Use and configure packages:
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[top=3cm,left=2.5cm,right=2.5cm,bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{palatino}

%% Configure the title part/page:
\title{My Template}
\author{Myself}
\date{\it Document last compiled on \today}

%% Begin the document:
\begin{document}

%% Put the title part/page:
\maketitle

%% Let's spoil the movie with an abstract:
\begin{abstract}
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus sed
  elit turpis, quis elementum augue. Nullam vel rhoncus elit. Ut felis
  nisi, dignissim ut pharetra vitae, pretium eu augue. Sed sodales
  gravida mattis. Suspendisse accumsan sollicitudin lorem in
  dictum. In ligula sapien, rhoncus vel scelerisque vitae, interdum
  nec ligula. Ut rhoncus gravida tortor, et egestas enim varius eget.
\end{abstract}

%% Put the Table of Contents:
\tableofcontents

%% Put list of figures:
\listoffigures

%% Put list of tables:
\listoftables

%% Here we go:
\section{In eleifend}
\label{section:in-eleifend}

In eleifend malesuada mattis. Quisque nibh est, porttitor non volutpat
non, congue nec metus. Vestibulum convallis feugiat est quis
laoreet. Vivamus enim felis, dignissim sit amet dictum sit amet,
elementum a lectus. Vivamus pretium tortor in lorem posuere volutpat
volutpat nisi vehicula. Fusce sed ipsum augue, vel elementum
magna. Praesent justo massa, rutrum sit amet interdum in, rhoncus et
tortor. Mauris sit amet feugiat leo.

%% Done! Finish the document:
\end{document}