Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) (Tools and Techniques

358 Chapter 16. Letters
properly positioned under the letterhead together with the corresponding
text argument. If any of these commands are missing, their text will not
appear in the letter.
Since ours is a German institute, there is an option german that translates
all these words into their German equivalents. The entry commands
have the same names, however.
As in the standard letter class, the current date is printed automatically,
but may be changed to any desired text with the command
\date{date text}
if one wishes to back-date a letter or to fix the dating within the letter file
itself. This is often handy if one only keeps electronic copies of the letters
for the record. Otherwise, when a hard copy is run off months later, it
will appear with the new current date and not with the original one.
The entry author that is given as the argument to the \name command
appears in the letterhead as the name of the sender. It will also appear
below the space left for the signature, unless it is overridden by the
\signature command that specifies an alternative form of the name for
this purpose.
The sample letter on the previous page has been generated with our
house style, using the following input text.
\documentclass[12pt]{mpletter}
\name{Dr P. W. Daly} \signature{Patrick W. Daly}
\myref{PWD/sib}
\date{May 10, 2003}
\subject{\LaTeX{} information}
\telephone{279} \internet{daly}
\ymail{April 28, 2003} \yref{GFM/sdf}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{%
Mr George Murphy\\35 Waterville Rd.\\
Centertown, Middlesex\\United Kingdom}
\opening{Dear George,}
Thank you for your inquiry about the latest version
of the \LaTeX{} installation and additional packages.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Do not hesitate to get in touch with me again if you
have any further questions about the installation or
running of the package.
\closing{Regards,}
\encl{1 CD-ROM with \TeX{}live contents}
\cc{H. Kopka}
\end{letter}
\end{document}