If some of you feel bored and look for a working letter class with
letterhead support, the following package might be interested.

Note, that I did not have a look at it. I happen to have other things
to do :)

JMarc, reading its mail back from the clinic.




Paul Thompson writes:

> I have sent a package to CTAN, at ftp.tex.ac.uk.  [...]
>
> This package is newlfm, or NEW Letter, Fax Memo class.  This is a reworking
> of the letter class.  It does the following things:
>
> This class does several things better than the letter class.
> a) It sets up an address book using "wrapper" macros.  You put all the info
> for a person into a wrapper, and then put the
>    wrapper in a document.  VOILA!  No more copying addresses around.
> b) It handles letterheads automatically.  You must place the object for the
> letterhead (picture, info, etc) in a box, then all sizing is set
>    automatically.
> c) It builds faxes, memos and letters from the same database.
>
> Specifically, it does the following:
> 1) It is integrated with fancyhdr (and includes a copy to make sure that
> everyone using it has the correct up-to-date version).
>     This allows the package to do letterhead stationary clearly and quickly.
> 2) Page dimensions are automatically set for the addition of special
> letterheads in the header and footer.  You merely need to put your special
>    item in a box, and then submit those to newlfm.
> 3) Multiple languages are supported with switches.
> 4) Fax output is supported.
> 5) Memos are supported.
>
> If you want to try it, please follow the directions after unpacking it.  If
> there are problems, let me know.  I use it all the time, and
> have eliminated the problems I know about.  Development is ongoing, so
> enjoy....

i have installed the package in macros/latex/contrib/supported/newlfm

thanks for the upload (and sorry about the delay, which i explained
last night...)

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team



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