Text Formatting ⇒ Letter Header Missing First Page

[chmst1999]

I am unable to figure out how to get the same header on all pages of this document. It shows up on everything but the first page, but I can't seem to get it on page 1. Can anyone help fix this problem? The following document works in my editor, but has a few errors. If there is an easier way to set this up correctly please let me know.

Here is what I want:
1. same header on all pages
2. line under header on all pages
3. be able to adjust the distance the text starts from the line below the header

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\documentclass[12pt]{letter} % Uses 10pt
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\geometry{
 letter, includehead, includefoot,
 total={170mm,257mm},
 headheight=5mm,
 left=20mm,
 }
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true,
    linkcolor=blue,
    filecolor=magenta,
    urlcolor=blue}
    
%Header
\makeatletter
\thispagestyle{plain}
\def\ps@myheader{
  \def\@oddhead{%\includegraphics[height=20mm,left]{example-image}\hfil}
   \let\@evenhead\@oddhead% make right page headers the same as left
		 \centering
 		\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ccc}
        	 &\textsc{\large\bf First A. Last}& \\
          	 &\textsc{P.O. BOX 999, Square, ZZ 11223}&  \\ 
          	\textsc{\Mobilefone \hspace{1mm} (555) 555-5555} & \textsc{\Letter \hspace{1mm}  email@schools.k12.zz.us} & \href{http://goo.gl/AAAA}{http://goo.gl/AAAA}
%\hline
        \end{tabularx}%
 }
 \end{centering}
}

\begin{document}
   \let\@evenhead\@oddhead% make right page headers the same as left
\pagestyle{myheader}

\signature{First And Last}           % name for signature 
\longindentation=0pt                       % needed to get closing flush left
\let\raggedleft\raggedright                % needed to get date flush left
 
\begin{letter}{Mr. Whom Ever\\Superintendent\\P.O. Box 8888\\Smallville, YY 76543}
\opening{Dear Mr. Ever:}

page 1
    \newpage
    page 2
    \newpage
   page 3

\vspace{\baselineskip}\linebreak
\closing{Sincerely,} 
\encl{enclosure 1, enclosure 2}		% Enclosures
\end{letter}
\end{document}

[Johannes_B]

Welcome to the forum.

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\documentclass[12pt,headsepline]{letter} % Uses 10pt
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{geometry}

\geometry{
letterpaper,% <------- corrected
 includehead, includefoot,
total={170mm,257mm},
headheight=5mm,
left=20mm,
head=58.99994pt,%<------ added
}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
filecolor=magenta,
urlcolor=blue}

%Header
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
\chead{
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ccc}
&\textsc{\large\bf First A. Last}& \\
&\textsc{P.O. BOX 999, Square, ZZ 11223}& \\ 
\textsc{\Mobilefone \hspace{1mm} (555) 555-5555} & \textsc{\Letter \hspace{1mm} email@schools.k12.zz.us} & \href{http://goo.gl/AAAA}{http://goo.gl/AAAA}
%\hline
\end{tabularx}%
}

\begin{document}

\signature{First And Last} % name for signature 
\longindentation=0pt % needed to get closing flush left
\let\raggedleft\raggedright % needed to get date flush left

\begin{letter}{Mr. Whom Ever\\Superintendent\\P.O. Box 8888\\Smallville, YY 76543}
\opening{Dear Mr. Ever:}\thispagestyle{scrheadings}

\blindtext[22]

\vspace{\baselineskip}%\linebreak Doesn't make any sense
\closing{Sincerely,} 
\encl{enclosure 1, enclosure 2}	% Enclosures
\end{letter}
\end{document}

I would probably use some KOMA-stuff here.

[chmst1999]

Thank you! I had some trouble compiling the email in your fix. I tried \email but I think I’ll have to define that.

Your fixes work well. However, now I have the pages numbered in the top left corner. Is there a way to remove that? I don’t see where it is being directed to number the pages.

Again, thank you!

[Johannes_B]

I thought the letter symbols is what you want based on the code you shared.


Anyway, if you don't want the page numbers, add \ihead*{}.

[chmst1999]

Johannes your work is great. This version is much better than what I had. The only thing still in there is the page numbers on the left side of the header. I don't know where to put the \ihead*{} to remove that. If I can get rid of those, this will be exactly what I need. Thanks for your help!

UPDATE: I fixed it with the line below included after the start of the document (in %%%%%)
\pagenumbering{gobble} % stops page numbering throughout document

Now the document and header work as I want without the page numbering!

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\documentclass[12pt,headsepline]{letter} % Uses 10pt
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{geometry}
 
 
\geometry{
letterpaper,% <------- corrected
 includehead, includefoot,
total={170mm,257mm},
headheight=5mm,
left=20mm,
head=58.99994pt,%<------ added
}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
filecolor=magenta,
urlcolor=blue}
 
%Header
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
\newcommand*{\email}[1]{\href{mailto:#1}{\nolinkurl{#1}}}
\ihead*{}
\chead{
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ccc}
&\textsc{\large\bf First A. Last}& \\
&\textsc{P.O. BOX 999, Square, ZZ 11223}& \\ 
\textsc{\Mobilefone \hspace{1mm} (555) 555-5555} & \textsc{\Letter \hspace{1mm} \email{anyone@anywhere.k12.mt.us}} & \href{http://goo.gl/AAAA}{http://goo.gl/AAAA}
%\hline
\end{tabularx}%
}
 
\begin{document}
 
\signature{First And Last} % name for signature 
\longindentation=0pt % needed to get closing flush left
\let\raggedleft\raggedright % needed to get date flush left

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\pagenumbering{gobble} % stops page numbering throughout document
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 

\begin{letter}{Mr. Whom Ever\\Superintendent\\P.O. Box 8888\\Smallville, YY 76543}
\opening{Dear Mr. Ever:}\thispagestyle{scrheadings}
 
\blindtext[10]
 
\vspace{\baselineskip}%\linebreak Doesn't make any sense
\closing{Sincerely,} 
\encl{enclosure 1, enclosure 2}	% Enclosures
\end{letter}
\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

\ohead{} instead of \ihead*{} would work here.

Stefan