Re: KOMA-script letter2: adding graphic letterhead
On Fri, 25 Jan 2013, Jean-Marie Pacquet wrote: I had a look at the documentation to find a way to do this and I think that you can use \nexthead to precisely define what you want exactly where you want (upper left of continuation pages). The best would be to define a letter class option file for business letters in the US and give it to Markus Kohm to make it part of the KOMA package. That's what I did for the french version (NF.lco is now maintained by Markus). Thank you, Jean-Marie. I'll work on this. Rich
Re: KOMA-script letter2: adding graphic letterhead
Le 24/01/2013 15:26, Rich Shepard a écrit : [...] On a related question, is there an environment that will put the recipients address, date, and page number in the upper left of continuation pages (i.e., those after the first page?) That is standard for business letters in the US and works better than having the page number centered in the footer. I had a look at the documentation to find a way to do this and I think that you can use \nexthead to precisely define what you want exactly where you want (upper left of continuation pages). The best would be to define a letter class option file for business letters in the US and give it to Markus Kohm to make it part of the KOMA package. That's what I did for the french version (NF.lco is now maintained by Markus). HTH -- jmp
Re: KOMA-script letter2: adding graphic letterhead
Le 24/01/2013 15:26, Rich Shepard a écrit : On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Jean-Marie Pacquet wrote: You get two copies because you are using the backaddress in the preamble. You should uncomment the corresponding line in the preamble like this: ,backaddress=false% print the back address? Jean-Marie, I did not see that the default for backaddress is false. That solves the problem! I would rather say that the default for backaddress is true since you need to set it to false but it does not matter, you got it. [...] On a related question, is there an environment that will put the recipients address, date, and page number in the upper left of continuation pages (i.e., those after the first page?) That is standard for business letters in the US and works better than having the page number centered in the footer. I don't know. -- jmp
Re: KOMA-script letter2: adding graphic letterhead
On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Jean-Marie Pacquet wrote: You get two copies because you are using the backaddress in the preamble. You should uncomment the corresponding line in the preamble like this: ,backaddress=false% print the back address? Jean-Marie, I did not see that the default for backaddress is false. That solves the problem! It seems to me that adding the letterhead by using the "Sender Address" is not the right way to do it. You should customize the "DIN.lco" options file that you are using. Have a look at my NFpro.lco here: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/KomaLetter2 I agree that 'Sender Address' should not be there, but I did not find an alternative yesterday. I will look at your .lco and modifly DIN.lco as soon as I understand it. I still use KOMA-Script letter2 class from time to time with Lyx version 2. It does result in better looking letters. On a related question, is there an environment that will put the recipients address, date, and page number in the upper left of continuation pages (i.e., those after the first page?) That is standard for business letters in the US and works better than having the page number centered in the footer. Thanks very much, Rich
Re: KOMA-script letter2: adding graphic letterhead
Le 24/01/2013 01:53, Rich Shepard a écrit : On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Rich Shepard wrote: The last time I used the KOMA-Script letter2 class in LyX was with version 1; probably 8 or 9 years ago. Now I want to use it for a letter but cannot figure out how, in version 2, I can add my letterhead (as an .eps file) at the top of the page. I resolved this issue -- sort of -- by inserting the .pdf version of the letterhead immediately following 'Sender Address:'. But, I get two copies on the preview, one offset from the other and I've not found why or how to fix this. You get two copies because you are using the backaddress in the preamble. You should uncomment the corresponding line in the preamble like this: ,backaddress=false% print the back address? The backaddress is a german specific way of displaying the Sender Address with a tiny font in the enveloppe window on top of the "Destination address". It seems to me that adding the letterhead by using the "Sender Address" is not the right way to do it. You should customize the "DIN.lco" options file that you are using. Have a look at my NFpro.lco here: http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/KomaLetter2 I still use KOMA-Script letter2 class from time to time with Lyx version 2. -- jmp
KOMA-script letter2: adding graphic letterhead
The last time I used the KOMA-Script letter2 class in LyX was with version 1; probably 8 or 9 years ago. Now I want to use it for a letter but cannot figure out how, in version 2, I can add my letterhead (as an .eps file) at the top of the page. With version 1 I could place a float above the recipient's name; with the current version 2 the only float option is 'wrap' which is not what I want. Placing the figure not as a float _almost_ works; I could play with it to center it on the page. But, I'm also getting all sorts of spurious cruft (such as 'URL:') on the preview page; do I comment out all this stuff in the preamble? Typeset letters are much more impressive than are the normal processed words. But, since almost everyone uses e-mail now I just don't send snail-mail letters like I used to do. Hints, clues, and ideas certainly welcomed! Rich
