File Listings from Living Linux column, Document Templates for TeX and LaTeX.
% LaTeX Template for a Letter or Correspondence
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% To use:
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% Copy into a new file, replace all
% [BRACKETED UPPER CASE TEXT]
% with your own, then run the latex command on it.
% Use dvips to print the .dvi output
\documentclass{letter}
% If the letter doesn't fit on one page, but you
% want it do, remove the ``%'' on the next line:
% \setlength{\textheight}{8in}
\begin{document}
% If you want headings on subsequent pages,
% remove the ``%'' on the next line:
% \pagestyle{headings}
\begin{letter}{[TO NAME]\\
[TO STREET ADDRESS]\\
[TO CITY, STATE \ ZIP]}
\address{[FROM NAME]\\
[FROM STREET ADDRESS]\\
[FROM CITY, STATE \ ZIP]}
\opening{[SALUTATION]}
[BODY OF LETTER, PARAGRAPHS SEPARATED BY BLANK LINE.]
\signature{[YOUR NAME]\\
[YOUR TITLE]}
\closing{[CLOSING,]}
\encl{[ENCLOSURE LISTING]}
\end{letter}
\end{document}% LaTeX Template for a short article
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% To use:
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% Copy into a new file, replace all
% [BRACKETED UPPER CASE TEXT]
% with your own, then run the latex command on it.
% Use dvips to print the .dvi output
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pslatex}
\author{[YOUR NAME]\\
[YOUR TITLE]\\
\texttt{[YOUR EMAIL]}
}
\title{[TITLE OF YOUR ARTICLE]}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\pagestyle{headings}
\section{[FIRST SECTION HEADER]}
[TEXT OF ARTICLE.
SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS WITH BLANK LINES.
INSERT SECTION HEADERS LIKE THIS:
\section{Conclusion}
MAKE BOLD TEXT LIKE \textbf{THIS}, and italicized text like \it{THIS}.]
\end{document}% LaTeX Template for a book manuscript
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% Copy into a new file, replace all
% [BRACKETED UPPER-CASE TEXT]
% with your own, then run the latex command on it.
% Use dvips to print the .dvi output
\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[submit]{manuscript}
\author{[AUTHOR NAME]}
\authaddr{[AUTHOR STREET ADDRESS]\\
[AUTHOR CITY, STATE \ ZIP]\\
[AUTHOR TELEPHONE NUMBER]}
\title{[TITLE OF BOOK]}
\headtitle{[SHORT TITLE FOR PAGE HEADERS]}
\wordcount{[NUMBER OF WORDS]}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
[THE TEXT OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT GOES HERE.
SEPARATE EACH PARAGRAPH WITH A BLANK LINE.
TO UNDERLINE WORDS, PUT THEM IN TAGS \emp{LIKE THIS}.
TO MAKE A MANUAL PAGE BREAK AT ANY PLACE IN THE MANUSCRIPT, INSERT
\newpage
AT THE PLACE WHERE YOU WANT THE BREAK.]
\end{document}% TeX Template for a fax cover sheet
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% Copy into a new file, replace all
% [BRACKETED UPPER-CASE TEXT]
% with your own, then run the latex command on it.
% Use dvips to print the .dvi output
\nopagenumbers\rm\parindent=0 pt
\centerline{\bf FACSIMILE MESSAGE---[PAGE NUMBER] PAGES INCLUDING COVER}
\vskip .1 in
\hrule depth 2 pt
\vskip .1 in
\rightline{[TODAY'S DATE]}
\vskip .5 in
\rightline{[FROM NAME]}
\rightline{[FROM STREET ADDRESS]}
\rightline{[FROM CITY, STATE ZIP]}
\rightline{[FROM TELEPHONE NUMBER]}
attn:
[TO NAME]
[TO STREET ADDRESS]
[TO CITY, STATE ZIP]
[TO TELEPHONE NUMBER]
\vskip .5 in
[SALUTATION]
\vskip .25 in
[PUT ANY MESSAGE HERE, SKIP SPACES BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS]
\parindent=0 pt\vskip .25 in
[CLOSING]
\vskip .5 in
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR TITLE]
\end% TeX Template for an envelope
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% To use:
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% Copy into a new file, replace all
% [BRACKETED UPPER-CASE TEXT]
% with your own, then run the tex command on it.
% Use dvips to print the .dvi output in landscape mode:
% dvips -t landscape reg-env.dvi
\font\cmssa = cmss12
\font\cmssc = cmss14
\parindent 0 pt\nopagenumbers\parskip 10 pt
\hsize 9.5 in\vsize 3.25 in
\voffset 3.5 in
\cmssc
[FROM NAME]
[FROM STREET ADDRESS]
[FROM CITY, STATE \ ZIP]
\vskip .5 in\vskip 15 pt\parindent 3 in
[TO NAME]
[TO STREET ADDRESS]
[TO CITY, STATE \ ZIP]
\end% TeX Template for a single mailing label printed
% on standard 15-up sheets
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% To use:
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% Copy into a new file, replace all
% [BRACKETED UPPER-CASE TEXT]
% with your own, then run the tex command on it.
% Use dvips to print the .dvi output
\font\cmssc = cmss14
\font\cmsss = cmss10
\parindent 0 pt\nopagenumbers\parskip 10 pt
\hsize 9.5 in\vsize 12 in
% If you have an address with long lines,
% replaces \cmssc below with \cmsss
\cmssc
% By default, template prints on label in
% upper-left hand corner. Adjust offsets to
% print on a different label:
% For each label vertically across the sheet,
% add 2.25 to the number below.
\voffset .1 in
% For each label horizontally down the sheet,
% add 2.75 to the number below.
\hoffset 2 in
[TO NAME]
[TO STREET ADDRESS]
[TO CITY, STATE \ ZIP]
\end