# Letters

You can use LaTeX to typeset letters, both personal and business. The `letter` document class is designed to make a number of letters at once, although you can make just one if you so desire.

Your ``.tex'` source file has the same minimum commands as the other document classes, i.e., you must have the following commands as a minimum:

     \documentclass{letter}
     \begin{document}
      ... letters ...
     \end{document}

Each letter is a `letter` environment, whose argument is the name and address of the recipient. For example, you might have:

     \begin{letter}{Mr. Joe Smith\\ 2345 Princess St.
          \\ Edinburgh, EH1 1AA}
       ...
     \end{letter}

The letter itself begins with the `\opening` command. The text of the letter follows. It is typed as ordinary LaTeX input. Commands that make no sense in a letter, like `\chapter`, do not work. The letter closes with a `\closing` command.

After the `closing`, you can have additional material. The `\cc` command produces the usual "cc: ...". There's also a similar `\encl` command for a list of enclosures. With both these commands, use `\\` to separate the items.

These commands are used with the `letter` class:

- \address: Your return address.
- \cc: Cc list.
- \closing: Saying goodbye.
- \encl: List of enclosed material.
- \location: Your organisation's address.
- \makelabels: Making address labels.
- \name: Your name, for the return address.
- \opening: Saying hello.
- \ps: Adding a postscript.
- \signature: Your signature.
- \startbreaks: Allow page breaks.
- \stopbreaks: Disallow page breaks.
- \telephone: Your phone number.

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