18 Letters

In addition to the three standard LATEX document classes, there is a fourth one named letter for formatting correspondence. As provided, this class is intended for private letters without any frills, such as letterheads or business reference codes. However, local modifications are possible.

We first present the standard LATEX letter class and then demonstrate how a house style can be written using our own institute style as an example. As always, it is highly recommended that each of these modifications be given its own file name so that letter.cls refers only to the provided LATEX version.

18.1 The LATEX letter class

Class: letter

The letter document class is meant for writing letters. A single input file may contain the text for ...

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