So I found and am trying to use the document class scrlttr2. I produced a successful copy of my letter by modifying a template I found at http://lifeisallabout.wordpress.com/200 ... -in-latex/. I'll go ahead and paste the template here for reference:
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\documentclass[paper=a4]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\KOMAoptions{fromalign=left, fromlogo=false, addrfield=true,
backaddress=on, subject=titled, subject=left,foldmarks=on,
fromphone=on,fromemail=true}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Thomas Mustermann}
\setkomavar{signature}{Thomas Mustermann}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Some street 23\\Postcode City}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{t.mustermann@domain.com}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{00000000}
\setkomavar{subject}{Here goes the subject of the letter}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Some firm\\some area\\some postcode\\some country}
\opening{Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,}
this is the main text
\closing{yours sincerely\\ \mbox{}}
\ps
Take care. this is postscript.
\encl{enclosures}
\cc{additional addressees}
\end{letter}
\end{document}Despite that success, there are still some issues, as follows. First, this document class is set up to create a sort of professional-looking heading for the document which does, in fact, look nice. It takes up about half the page. It seems to me perhaps this was done because this class was created for business letters, which can sometimes be as short as two sentences; so there is a need to occupy the excess white space with relevant material.
Well, I'm not writing a business letter--though this is an official letter (request for visitor's visa application). It has three paragraphs. As a result of the top half of the page being taken up by the header stuff, the last sentence of the final paragraph of my letter, as well as the closing signature, get pushed onto a second page.
My preference here would be to have everything on the first page, and to try and condense the heading material so as to accommodate the text of the letter along with the signature. But I can't yet see how that would be done. Can anyone provide tips on that?
Also, the graphic I've included to provide an actual signature (it's a scan of a signature converted to EPS) somehow gets quite a lot of vertical white space inserted afterward--perhaps because it was intended that blank space appear there for someone to write in. But in my case, the graphic is the writing that needs to go in that spot (between "Sincerely" and the printed name of the letter writer). In this case as well, I cannot see a way to remove the extra vertical white space. Any pointers on that?
Finally, have I chosen the wrong document class for this project? Should I be using the older letter class for this?
Input will be appreciated.
Thanks,
James
