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NAME

       yodlletter - Yodl's `letter' document type

SYNOPSIS

       letter(language)(date)(subject)(opening)(salutation)(author)

       The letter document type was implemented to write LaTeX letters.

DESCRIPTION

       The  letter document type was specifically implemented to write LaTeX letters, using LaTeX's brief.cls document class. It is available only
       for the LaTeX (yodl2latex(1)) converter.

       This manual page briefly describes Yodl's  letter document type.  This document type is specific enough that it warrants  a  separate  man-
       page.

       letter  documents  do  not  allow you to use the `standard' sectioning commands (e.g., sect() and subsect()).  You can, however, use macros
       that are normally used within such sections, such as description(), itemization(), bf() or em().

       Several specific macros, to be used in the preamble, are available for the letter document type. They are:

       o      AfourEnlarged(): Enlarges the usable height of A4 paper by 2 cm.: the top margin is reduced by 2 cm.

       o      letteraddenda(type)(value): Adds an addendum at the end of a letter.  type should be bijlagen (i.e., appendices), cc or ps. Use nl()
	      within the value section if multiple addenda of a certain type are used.

       o      letteradmin(yourdate)(yourref):  Puts  yourletterfrom  and  yourreference  elements  in  the  letter.  If left empty, two dashes are
	      inserted.

       o      letterfootitem(name)(value): Puts a footer at the bottom of letter-pages. Up to three will usually fit. For example,

       o      letterreplyto(name)(address)(zip city): Defines the `reply to' address.

       o      letterto(element): Adds element as an additional line to the address of the addressee.  Use  one	 element  for  each  line  of  the
	      addressee's address. Up to five lines will usually fit. A sixth line may be squeezed in, if necessary.

       The letter) macro itself requires the following arguments:

       o      language: select english, dutch, or another language supported by the babel.sty style;

       o      date: the letter's date. Use your own date-convention. The text specified here will be used as the letter's date;

       o      subject: a short indication as to why you wrote the letter

       o      opening: the letter's opening, e.g., Dear Linus,;

       o      salutation: the letter's closing phrase, e.g., Kind regards,;

       o      author:  the  name  of  the  letter's  author. nl() macros can be used here, but the brief class will also restrict the width of the
	      author-lines by itself.

SEE ALSO

       latex(1),  yodlstriproff(1),  yodl(1),  yodlbuiltins(7),  yodlconverters(1),  yodlletter(7),  yodlmacros(7),  yodlmanpage(7),  yodlpost(1),
       yodlverbinsert(1).

BUGS

       -

AUTHOR

       Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl),

yodl_3.00.0.tar.gz						     1996-2010							     yodlletter(7)