Page Layout ⇒ Business Letterhead / Subsequent Pages (different header)

[lawlist]

I'm trying to set up a simple letter with a multi-line header on the first page, and a different multi-line header on all subsequent pages. The problem is that my headers push the text body completely off the bottom of the page. Here is the code I'm using.

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\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{everypage}
\usepackage[top=2in, bottom=2.5in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}

\AddEverypageHook{%
  \ifthenelse{\value{page}=1}%
  \renewcommand{\lhead{RECIPIENT \\ \today	 \\ Page Number \thepage \\~\\~\\~\\}{\chead{}}}%
  \newpage%
}

\textwidth = 7 in
\textheight = 10 in
\oddsidemargin = 0pt
\evensidemargin = 0pt
\topmargin = -50pt
\headheight = 82.5pt
\headsep = 0pt
\parskip = 4pt
\parindent = 0.0in
\marginparwidth = 0pt
\marginparsep = 0pt
\hoffset = -18pt
\footskip = 8.5pt
\raggedright

\begin{document}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\setcounter{page}{1}
    \chead{ {COMPANY} \\ {Street Address} \\ {City, State  Zip}\\~\\ {Tel. (XXX) XXX-XXXX} \\ {Email}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}

% main section

This is the body of the letter.

\end{document}

I would like the text to flow naturally from page to page, without the need for manual page breaks, and always have about a 1in bottom margin. Any ideas how to accomplish this?


Thanks.

[cgnieder]

Hi lawlist,

Welcome to the LaTeX community.

It's not entirely clear to me what you want. Maybe something like the following which needs no packages (except fancyhdr):

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\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{%
  \ifnum\value{page}=1
  \else
    RECIPIENT \\ \today   \\ Page Number \thepage \\~\\~\\~\\
  \fi}
\chead{%
  \ifnum\value{page}=1
    {COMPANY} \\ {Street Address} \\ {City, State  Zip}\\~\\ {Tel. (XXX) XXX-XXXX} \\ {Email}%
  \fi}

May I ask why use load the geometry package but don't use it's capabilities but set all dimensions manually?

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\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\usepackage[top=2in, bottom=2.5in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}

% why not set these with geometry?
\textwidth = 7 in
\textheight = 10 in
\oddsidemargin = 0pt
\evensidemargin = 0pt
\topmargin = -50pt
\headheight = 82.5pt
\headsep = 0pt
\parskip = 4pt
\parindent = 0.0in
\marginparwidth = 0pt
\marginparsep = 0pt
\hoffset = -18pt
\footskip = 8.5pt

\raggedright

\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{%
  \ifnum\value{page}=1
  \else
    RECIPIENT \\ \today   \\ Page Number \thepage \\~\\~\\~\\
  \fi}
\chead{%
  \ifnum\value{page}=1
    {COMPANY} \\ {Street Address} \\ {City, State  Zip}\\~\\ {Tel. (XXX) XXX-XXXX} \\ {Email}%
  \fi}

\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}

\begin{document}

% main section

This is the body of the letter.

\newpage

This is the second page.

\end{document}

Regards

[lawlist]

Under certain circumstances the \usepackage[]{geometry} definition fails to properly control the bottom margin on the first page. When this initial definition fails (e.g., due to an inability to play nice with fancyhdr), it is possible to use the \newgeometry command as a workaround.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
	\newgeometry{head=131pt, headsep=-40pt, hmargin={1in,1in}, vmargin={1.8in,.7in}}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{parskip}
	\setlength{\parskip}{3ex}
\usepackage{setspace} % \doublespace | \onehalfspace | \singlespace | user defined
\usepackage[all]{nowidow}
\usepackage{chancery}
\usepackage[T1]{pbsi}
\usepackage{times}
	\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}
	\renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{14}{17}\selectfont}

\nonfrenchspacing

\raggedright

\newcommand{\tab}{\hspace*{.5in}}

\newcommand*{\chanceryI}{%
      \fontfamily{pzc}\selectfont%
      \fontsize{20}{20}
      \selectfont}

\newcommand*{\chanceryII}{%
      \fontfamily{pzc}\selectfont%
      \fontsize{17}{0}
      \selectfont}

\newcommand*{\palatino}{%
      \fontfamily{ppl} \selectfont%
      \fontsize{15}{0}
      \selectfont}

\newcommand*{\ptm}{%
      \fontfamily{ptm} \selectfont%
      \fontsize{14}{17}
      \selectfont}

\newcommand*{\bsi}{%
      \bsifamily \selectfont%
      \fontsize{16}{15}
      \selectfont}

% HEADERS
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
% first page header
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
            \fancyhead{}
            \fancyhead[C]{{\chanceryI{Company \\ Street Address \\ City, State ~ Zip}} \\~\\ {\chanceryII{Tel. / Fax.: ~ (xxx) xxx-xxxx}} \\~\\ {\palatino{nobody@nowhere.com}} \\~\\ {\ptm{\today}}}
            \fancyfoot[C]{}
                      }
% second page header
\pagestyle{fancy}
    \fancyhead{}
    \fancyhead[L] {\ptm{Name of Recipient \\ \today \\ Page {\thepage\ of {\pageref{LastPage}}} \vspace*{1in} }}
    \fancyfoot[C]{}

\thispagestyle{plain}
\vspace*{0.6in}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}


\lipsum[1-10]

\tab Thank you for your attention to this matter.

\tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Sincerely,

\tab \tab \tab \tab \tab {\bsi{Signature}}

\tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Name of Sender


\end{document}