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
