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For example, you might have: 0146 </p> 0147 <div class="example"> 0148 <pre class="example"> \begin{letter}{Ninon de l'Enclos \\ 0149 l'h\^otel Sagonne} 0150 ... 0151 \end{letter} 0152 </pre></div> 0153 0154 <p>The start of the <code>letter</code> environment resets the page number to 1, 0155 and the footnote number to 1 also. 0156 </p> 0157 <p>The <var>sender address</var> and <var>sender name</var> are common to all of the 0158 letters, whether there is one or more, so these are best put in the 0159 preamble. As with the recipient address, often <var>sender address</var> 0160 contains multiple lines separated by a double 0161 backslash (<code>\\</code>). LaTeX will put the <var>sender name</var> 0162 under the closing, after a vertical space for the traditional 0163 hand-written signature. 0164 </p> 0165 <p>Each <code>letter</code> environment body begins with a required 0166 <code>\opening</code> command such as <code>\opening{Dear Madam or Sir:}</code>. 0167 The <var>letter body</var> text is ordinary LaTeX so it can contain 0168 everything from enumerated lists to displayed math, except that commands 0169 such as <code>\chapter</code> that make no sense in a letter are turned off. 0170 Each <code>letter</code> environment body typically ends with a 0171 <code>\closing</code> command such as <code>\closing{Yours,}</code>. 0172 </p> 0173 <a name="index-_005c_005c-for-letters"></a> 0174 <p>Additional material may come after the <code>\closing</code>. You can say who 0175 is receiving a copy of the letter with a command like <code>\cc{the 0176 Boss \\ the Boss's Boss}</code>. There’s a similar <code>\encl</code> command for 0177 a list of enclosures. And, you can add a postscript with <code>\ps</code>. 0178 </p> 0179 <p>LaTeX’s default is to indent the sender name and the closing above it 0180 by a length of <code>\longindentation</code>. By default this is 0181 <code>0.5\textwidth</code>. To make them flush left, put 0182 <code>\setlength{\longindentation}{0em}</code> in your preamble. 0183 </p> 0184 <p>To set a fixed date use something like 0185 <code>\renewcommand{\today}{1958-Oct-12}</code>. If put in your preamble 0186 then it will apply to all the letters. 0187 </p> 0188 <p>This example shows only one <code>letter</code> environment. The three lines 0189 marked as optional are typically omitted. 0190 </p> 0191 <div class="example"> 0192 <pre class="example">\documentclass{letter} 0193 \address{Sender's street \\ Sender's town} 0194 \signature{Sender's name \\ Sender's title} 0195 % optional: \location{Mailbox 13} 0196 % optional: \telephone{(102) 555-0101} 0197 \begin{document} 0198 \begin{letter}{Recipient's name \\ Recipient's address} 0199 \opening{Sir:} 0200 % optional: \thispagestyle{firstpage} 0201 I am not interested in entering a business arrangement with you. 0202 \closing{Your most humble, etc.,} 0203 \end{letter} 0204 \end{document} 0205 </pre></div> 0206 0207 <p>These commands are used with the <code>letter</code> class. 0208 </p> 0209 <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 0210 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005caddress.html#g_t_005caddress" accesskey="1">\address</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sender’s return address. 0211 </td></tr> 0212 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005ccc.html#g_t_005ccc" accesskey="2">\cc</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Carbon copy list. 0213 </td></tr> 0214 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005cclosing.html#g_t_005cclosing" accesskey="3">\closing</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Saying goodbye. 0215 </td></tr> 0216 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005cencl.html#g_t_005cencl" accesskey="4">\encl</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">List of enclosed material. 0217 </td></tr> 0218 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005clocation.html#g_t_005clocation" accesskey="5">\location</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sender’s organizational location. 0219 </td></tr> 0220 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005cmakelabels.html#g_t_005cmakelabels" accesskey="6">\makelabels</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Make address labels. 0221 </td></tr> 0222 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005cname.html#g_t_005cname" accesskey="7">\name</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sender’s name, for the return address. 0223 </td></tr> 0224 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005copening.html#g_t_005copening" accesskey="8">\opening</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Saying hello. 0225 </td></tr> 0226 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005cps.html#g_t_005cps" accesskey="9">\ps</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Adding a postscript. 0227 </td></tr> 0228 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005csignature.html#g_t_005csignature">\signature</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sender’s signature. 0229 </td></tr> 0230 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="_005ctelephone.html#g_t_005ctelephone">\telephone</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sender’s phone number. 0231 </td></tr> 0232 </table> 0233 0234 0235 0236 0237 <hr/><div class='referenceinfo'> <a href='https://latexref.xyz/'> <i>Unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual</i></a></div> 0238 </body> 0239 </html>