{letters} is about creating letters, and the various document classes created for this purpose. For letters like "A", "B", or "C" use {characters} instead. For non-letter symbols, use {symbols}.
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Adding a signature on an online job application
Nowadays many job applications are sent in digital form as PDF. We use of course LaTeX to create such. Usually you add a cover letter to your CV and credentials. If you sent this as print-out by ...
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PDF letterhead as document background
My institution's letterhead is available as a PDF file. The PDF is not just of the logo (to be placed in a corner), but of the entire page. Is it possible to make this PDF the background of the ...
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Anyone know a good template for formal letters?
Occasionally, I write letters that I actually print out and send by snail mail :).
I'd like them to look as formal as possible. Archaic (pre-typewriter) Dutch customs require the sender's address to ...
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Creating letters with zero-margin colored headers, in addition to the regular letterhead
I'm trying to use LaTeX for creating corporate letters. What I have found is that there are many tools to write letters, but they are mostly focused on letters of more personal nature rather than ...
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Justify text in moderncv cover letter
I am writing a cover letter and CV using moderncv. Everything works fine so far, but the text in the cover letter is not justified. I think it is good that it is not hyphenated, but it would look much ...
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LaTeX letter with address field in the right place for a “C5 envelope with window”
Does anybody know of a good way to write simple paper letters in LaTeX, so that the formatting shows the receivers address on the right place so I will show in the window of those C5 envelops with a ...
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Error message: There's no line here to end
In a letter-class document that had no previous errors I am suddenly getting the error message:
"There's no line here to end" \opening{text}
I've used this file many times and today it starts ...
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Letter class alternatives with support for figures, tables, and labels
I'm increasingly fed up with the arbitrary restrictions that the standard LaTeX letter class has. Today I discovered that the table environment is not defined in the standard letter class, which means ...
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Problem with letter “\dj” in small-caps font
The letter \dj has its bar placed too high when used in lower case small caps, e.g.
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[croatian]{babel}
\begin{document}
\textsc{\dj}
\end{document}
What ...
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Declaring layers causes tikzpicture to disappear
I'm using a picture environment to \put some tikzpictures at places within the page from within \setkomavar{firsthead}. When I declare some pgf layers like so:
\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
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Looking for Cover letter template
I'm looking for cover letter template which would fit with this CV, PDF here. Can anyone suggest anything similar to that (just a regular cover letter, sender's address on top right, recipients lower ...
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Business letter template with letterhead on the side
Is there a template for a letter that allows for the letterhead to have some of its elements on the side (in the left/right margin) in a vertical column or sidebar including a business logo?
Somewhat ...
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Croatian/Serbian letters in CV problem
I'm using a currvita CV for something, but am unable to get Croatian/Serbian (I don't know how this will come out, but they are šŠđĐčČćĆžŽ).
Haven't used LaTeX in a while but remember that in the ...
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Example of mailmerge package with an Excel spreadsheet
I am looking for an example for using the mailmerge package to write a cover letter, with names and addresses on a spreadsheet. The package comes with an example, but you have to manually enter all ...
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How to type specifically on this part of the page?
I want to type my name in block capitals and in italics in the space highlighted in the blackbox, but I can't seem to be able to. Everything else is fine with the cover letter, I just need to type my ...
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Using BibTeX with letter class
I'm trying to use BibTeX with a letter; I hope this is not too eccentric. The letter class doesn't have BibTeX support, though. I found Environment thebibliography undefined when using letter. ...
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Adding/subtracting vertical space in »letter« class
Is there a way to move the to-address up (or, respectively, the date down) in the »letter« document class? With the to-address on the left and date on the right, I wish for the vertical alignment of ...
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How to avoid empty space at the end of a page when using scrlttr2?
I use this class definition in the preamble for typesetting letters:
\documentclass[12pt,ngerman,foldmarks=true,fromalign=right,fromrule=afteraddress,
parskip=half, pagenumber=no,DIV=15]{scrlttr2}
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How can I supress horizontal rules in newlfm letterhead?
I'm trying to use the newlfm package to put together a LaTeX letterhead. (Thankfully, my college's letterhead is text-only, so I don't have to worry about fancy logos or the like.) I've gotten ...
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How do I write invoices in LaTeX?
I'm relatively new to TeX, which means I did nothing more than homework and some math things with it.
Now I'd like to write invoices with LaTeX (for reusability etc.)
I am not searching for a ...
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How to include online postage in a scrlttr2 letter?
The class scrlttr2 is well suited for using
window envelopes by default. That means that it prints the address at the
standardized position.
In Germany, you can buy online postage which is supposed ...
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Good Style of Creating a Signature all within LaTeX
I have a small task that involves trying to get a signature using LaTeX fonts. I want to be able to make the signature look as handwritten as possible (pen/marker) using the LaTeX fonts.
Also like to ...
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Why does pdflatex/dinbrief produce a US letter page for this input?
I want to write a simple letter using the dinbrief class but cannot get it to produce a DIN A4 page. The minimal example is this:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{dinbrief}
\usepackage{german}
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Put an image header in \documentclass{letter}
Is there is any possibility to put an image header in a letter class document? I can put a footer image and an image for my signature, but I want to put an image on the top of the letter.
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Signature over printed name
I am writing a letter using newlfm, which implements the typeset signature with this code:
\namefrom{\textbf{Juan de la Cruz}\\
"Expert" TeXnician\\
Telephone: \printphonefrom\\
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Where to save lco templates for scrlttr2 letters?
In the german Koma Script Book I read about the elegant way to predefine the personal address in a .lco file like this
~/texmf/tex/latex/jd_private_v001.lco # <- added answer here for other ...
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Sectioning in letter-type documents
I want to use sectioning in letters (section, subsection, etc), but here I read that basically all of these sectioning commands do not apply to letters. What is the proper way to create sections in ...
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Removing the line and address from scrlttr
scrlttr2 seems to set a line with the address on it. I can't figure out which of the many scrlttr2 options turns it off.
\documentclass{scrlttr2}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Seamus}
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Which package includes \Rho? (Big rho) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to look up a symbol?
Why can I only use some capital greek letters inside my equations?
I want to use the big rho (\Rho) in my document but can not find a package ...
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How to a put a repeated text in the left margin of a page, like a header or footer, but on the side
I'm trying to copy a stationery format which puts the return address in a small block in the middle of the left margin of the page, like a header, but on the side I've tried using the everypage ...
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Positioning signature on left in letter
I have this letter template, I found online.
\documentclass[11pt,stdletter]{newlfm}
\usepackage{charter}
\widowpenalty=1000
\clubpenalty=1000
\newlfmP{headermarginskip=15pt}
\newlfmP{sigsize=25pt}
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Multiple signatures in a letter
I've searched for this but haven't found a solution. Is it possible to have multiple signatures in a letter, one above the other?
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Beautiful letterhead
How can I create a beautiful letterhead from the article class using say header or footer . I do not want to use letter class due to limitations. The letterhead should look outstanding.
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Prohibit see-through text with gibberish on backside of page?
I'd like to have the backside of my LaTeX pages printed with "gibberish" to prevent someone from holding the letter against a lamp and reading the see-through text.
Kind of like the PIN letters have ...
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Reducing white space above date in Letter Class
How can I reduce the amount of whitespace at the top of the page in the letter class? I've added some text to serve as a letterhead, and everything is lined up... but starts way too low! Does anyone ...
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How to embed a letter?
Suppose I am writing a novel using the book class, in which a correspondence from the hero to the heroine needs to be embeded, like this:
Dear Marie,
I miss you very much, I'll come home in a ...
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Easily aligning 'from' and 'to' address fields in LaTeX letters
When you write a letter in LaTeX, you can add your address with the \address block, while you have the possibility of adding the recipient address after the \begin{letter} statement as an extra ...
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Cover Letter Template
I am trying to use Matthew J. Miller's cover letter template -
The PDF looks like this; however when I typeset the template at the first instance, I see that the date is misplaced and I am not able ...
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How to make scrlttr2 look like letter
I need to put a subject line in a letter so after looking around most suggestions seem to point towards using the document class scrlttr2 instead of letter since it is much more flexible.
However, ...
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How to position the reference fields line in scrlttr2
TeX newbie. I want to position the reference fields line in scrlttr2 to where the "supplemental data" is usually displayed (in the top right hand corner, below the header).
I figured it would be as ...
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Remove date from the french style for the ConTeXt letter module
I'm using the ConTeXt's letter module with the french style but I don't want the date do appear. I tried to setup an empty list of elements to display but it didn't work,
\setupletter
[list={}]
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how to right-align on a page a block of multi-lined text which is itself left-aligned within the block?
I am trying to re-create the letter format using just regular LaTex commands since the letter packages do not give me the desired effect.
In a standard US letter, my (the sender) address would be on ...
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Tabbing in the \address section of the letter document class
I am writing a letter using LaTeX's letter template, in which I include my e-mail address and phone numbers in the \address section. I would like to use icons from the marvosym package instead of ...
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Changing the font size on the address fields in the Letter document class
I'm trying to create a letter using the default letter document class. In the name, address, and telephone fields, I want the font to be styled differently than the rest of the document, but I can't ...
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A clean letter class for office use, including serial letters
I'm using LaTeX for writing corporate letters, including serials letters. To incorporate our organization's logo, back address and so on I put a single A4-sized PDF containing all this information ...
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Put the \encl at the bottom of the page (lettre class)
Using the lettre document class, I want to place the enclosures automatically at the bottom of the page, like this :
This is the default behavior :
This is the code I used to get the first ...
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Making document classes in LyX available
I'm writing a letter in LyX, and I want to choose a document class for it. (I don't like the default letter.)
Looking at Document -> Settings -> Document class, I see that most classes are ...
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tilde in a url in the address portion of a letter
I am trying to include my website address in the address block of a letter.
My webaddress has a tilde character, and my usual solution, $\sim$, to the tilde formatting problem is not working.
The ...
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scrlttr2: How can I remove the white space between “address” and “Subject:” line?
How may I remove excessive white space at the top, between my address in top-left, and the Subject: line?
\documentclass{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
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letter document class and babel/magyar not compatible any more?
I am recently having trouble with combining the letter document class with the magyar language option of the babel package. The weird thing is that the last time when I had to use this combination ...
