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latex2e: Letters

 
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 Synopsis:
 
      \documentclass{letter}
      \address{SENDER ADDRESS}
      \signature{SENDER NAME}
      \begin{document}
      \begin{letter}{RECIPIENT ADDRESS}
      \opening{SALUTATION}
        LETTER BODY
      \closing{CLOSING TEXT}
      \end{letter}
        ...  more letters ...
      \end{document}
 
    Produce one or more letters.
 
    Each letter is in a separate 'letter' environment, whose argument
 RECIPIENT ADDRESS often contains multiple lines separated with a double
 backslash ('\\').  For example, you might have:
 
       \begin{letter}{Mr. Joe Smith \\
            2345 Princess St. \\
            Edinburgh, EH1 1AA}
         ...
       \end{letter}
 
    The start of the 'letter' environment resets the page number to 1,
 and the footnote number to 1 also.
 
    The SENDER ADDRESS and SENDER NAME are common to all of the letters,
 whether there is one or more, so these are best put in the preamble.  As
 with the recipient address, often SENDER ADDRESS contains multiple lines
 separated by a double backslash ('\\').  LaTeX will put the SENDER NAME
 under the closing, after a vertical space for the traditional
 hand-written signature; it also can contain multiple lines.
 
    Each letter environment begins with a required '\opening' command
 such as '\opening{Dear Madam or Sir:}'.  The LETTER BODY text is
 ordinary LaTeX so it can contain everything from from enumerated lists
 to displayed math, except that commands such as '\chapter' that make no
 sense in a letter are turned off.  Each letter environment typically
 ends with a '\closing' command such as '\closing{Yours,}'.
 
    Additional material may come after the '\closing'.  You can say who
 is receiving a copy of the letter with a command like '\cc{the Boss \\
 the Boss's Boss}'.  There's a similar '\encl' command for a list of
 enclosures.  And, you can add a postscript with '\ps'.
 
    LaTeX's default is to indent the signature and the '\closing' above
 it by a length of '\longindentation'.  By default this is
 '0.5\textwidth'.  To make them flush left, put
 '\setlength{\longindentation}{0em}' in your preamble.
 
    To set a fixed date use something like
 '\renewcommand{\today}{2015-Oct-12}'.  If put in your preamble then it
 will apply to all the letters.
 
    This example shows only one 'letter' environment.  The three lines
 marked as optional are typically omitted.
 
      \documentclass{letter}
      \address{Sender's street \\ Sender's town}
      \signature{Sender's name \\ Sender's title}
      % optional: \location{Mailbox 13}
      % optional: \telephone{(102) 555-0101}
      \begin{document}
      \begin{letter}{Recipient's name \\ Recipient's address}
      \opening{Sir:}
      % optional: \thispagestyle{firstpage}
      I am not interested in entering a business arrangement with you.
      \closing{Your most humble, etc.,}
      \end{letter}
      \end{document}
 
    These commands are used with the 'letter' class.
 

Menu

 
· \address                       Sender's return address.
· \cc                            Carbon copy list.
· \closing                       Saying goodbye.
· \encl                          List of enclosed material.
· \location                      Sender's organizational location.
· \makelabels                    Make address labels.
· \name                          Sender's name, for the return address.
· \opening                       Saying hello.
· \ps                            Adding a postscript.
· \signature                     Sender's signature.
· \telephone                     Sender's phone number.
 

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