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0120 <h3 class="section">26.6 <code>\makelabels</code></h3>
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0122 <a name="index-_005cmakelabels"></a>
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0124 <p>Synopsis:
0125 </p>
0126 <div class="example">
0127 <pre class="example">\makelabels   % in preamble
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0129 
0130 <p>Optional, for a document that contains <code>letter</code> environments.  If
0131 you just put <code>\makelabels</code> in the preamble then at the end of the
0132 document you will get a sheet with labels for all the recipients, one
0133 for each letter environment, that you can copy to a sheet of peel-off
0134 address labels.
0135 </p>
0136 <p>Customize the labels by redefining the commands <code>\startlabels</code>,
0137 <code>\mlabel</code>, and <code>\returnaddress</code> (and perhaps <code>\name</code>) in
0138 the preamble.  The command <code>\startlabels</code> sets the width, height,
0139 number of columns, etc., of the page onto which the labels are printed.
0140 The command <code>\mlabel{<var>return address</var>}{<var>recipient
0141 address</var>}</code> produces the two labels (or one, if you choose to ignore the
0142 <var>return address</var>) for each letter environment. The first argument,
0143 <var>return address</var>, is the value returned by the macro
0144 <code>\returnaddress</code>.  The second argument, <var>recipient address</var>, is
0145 the value passed in the argument to the <code>letter</code> environment.  By
0146 default <code>\mlabel</code> ignores the first argument, the <var>return
0147 address</var>, causing the default behavior described in the prior paragraph.
0148 </p>
0149 <p>This illustrates customization.  Its output includes a page with two
0150 columns having two labels each.
0151 </p>
0152 <div class="example">
0153 <pre class="example">\documentclass{letter}
0154 \renewcommand*{\returnaddress}{Fred McGuilicuddy \\
0155                                Oshkosh, Mineola 12305}
0156 \newcommand*\originalMlabel{}
0157 \let\originalMlabel\mlabel
0158 \def\mlabel#1#2{\originalMlabel{}{#1}\originalMlabel{}{#2}}
0159 \makelabels
0160   ...
0161 \begin{document}
0162 \begin{letter}{A Einstein \\
0163                112 Mercer Street \\
0164                Princeton, New Jersey, USA 08540}
0165   ...
0166 \end{letter}
0167 \begin{letter}{K G\&quot;odel \\
0168                145 Linden Lane \\
0169                Princeton, New Jersey, USA 08540}
0170   ...
0171 \end{letter}
0172 \end{document}
0173 </pre></div>
0174 
0175 <p>The first column contains the return address twice.  The second column
0176 contains the address for each recipient.
0177 </p>
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0180 
0181 <p>The package <code>envlab</code> makes formatting the labels easier, with
0182 standard sizes already provided.  The preamble lines
0183 <code>\usepackage[personalenvelope]{envlab}</code> and <code>\makelabels</code>
0184 are all that you need to print envelopes.
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