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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">Letters</font></h1>
You can use LaTeX to typeset letters, both personal and business. The
letter document style is designed to make a number of letters at once,
although you can make just one if you so desire.
<p>
Your *.tex source file has the same
<a href="input.html#structure">minimum commands</a> as the other
document styles, i.e., you must have the following commands as a
minimum:
<pre>
<tt>\documentstyle{letter}
<a href="ltx-315.html">\signature{Your Name}</a>
<a href="ltx-93.html">\address{Return address}</a>
\begin{document}
... First letter ...
... Second letter ...
...
\end{document}</tt>
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Note that the <tt>\address</tt> and <tt>\signature</tt> commands are
<a href="declarations.html">declarations</a> and follow the usual
scope rules. They are generally placed in the preamble, as indicated here,
and apply to all letters in the file.
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Each letter is a letter <a href="ltx-27.html">environment</a>,
whose argument is the name and
address of the recipient. For example, a typical letter might have<pre>
<tt>\begin{letter}{Mr. John Doe \\ 2345 Jones St.
\\ Oakland, CA 91123}
<a href="ltx-97.html">\opening{Dear John,}</a>
...
text of letter
...
<a href="ltx-98.html">\closing{Best regards,}</a>
\end{letter}</tt>
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The letter itself begins with the
<a href="ltx-97.html"><tt>\opening</tt></a> command. The text of the
letter follows. It is typed as ordinary LaTeX input. Commands that
make no sense in a letter, like <tt>\chapter,</tt> don't work. The letter
closes with a
<a href="ltx-98.html"><tt>\closing</tt></a> command.
<h2>Closing matter</h2>
Several commands may be used after the <tt>\closing</tt> command:
<ul>
<li><tt>\ps{PS text}</tt> command produces a "P.S."
<li><tt>\cc{text}</tt> command produces the usual "cc: text".
<li><tt>\encl{list of enclosures}</tt> command produces an "encl:" list
</ul>
<h2>Date</h2>
The <a href="ltx-330.html"><tt>\today</tt></a> command is used by the
letter <a href="ltx-22.html">document style</a> to generate the date.
If you wish a fixed date, rather than the current date, you should use<pre>
<tt><a href="ltx-18.html">\renewcommand</a>{\today}{Month day, year}</tt>
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This may be put in the preamble if it is to apply to all letters in the
file, or just before the <tt>\opening</tt> command if it is to apply to
just that letter.
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See also
<ul>
<li><a href="ltx-93.html"><tt>\address</tt></a>
<li><A href="ltx-98.html"><tt>\closing</tt></A>
<li><a href="ltx-261.html"><tt>\location</tt></a>
<li><A href="ltx-97.html"><tt>\opening</tt></A>
<li><a href="ltx-315.html"><tt>\signature</tt></a>
<li><a href="ltx-323.html"><tt>\telephone</tt></a>
</ul>
Return to the <a href="ltx-2.html">LaTeX Table of Contents</a>
<address>
Revised: Sheldon Green, 24 Jun 1995.
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