To put a title page into a document, you could type the following:
\documentstyle{report}
\title{Inessential LaTeX}
\author{The Student Information Processing Board}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
Creating a title page is a two step process in LaTeX.
First you give it the information you want it to put on the title page
and then you tell it to make the title page. The \title,
\author and \date commands do not generate text--they
merely specify what \maketitle will place on the title page.
If you use \maketitle, you must specify a \title, but
any or all of the others may be omitted. The \maketitle
command generates the title page. You must place it after the
\begin{document}. In the article document style, the
title ``page'' is at the top of the first page of the document. To
put the title ``page'' on a page by itself place a \newpage
command after the \maketitle. In the report and
book styles, it is on a separate page at the beginning.
LaTeX will automatically number pages, but often you don't want a
page number on the title page. To eliminate the page number on the
first page, put \thispagestyle{empty} before the
\maketitle.
It is possible to number pages alphabetically or with roman numerals. It is also possible to change the current page number. See the section of the LaTeX manual on page styles.