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The Informatics Letterhead Classes.
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	New letter class intended to replace csletr, and lfcsletr classes.


Options
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Font options
	bookman		- The default font (available on all platforms)
	perpetua	- The University Corportate Identity font
			  [Note: Not available to most users]

Printing options:-
	headedpaper	- Only fill in missing details for pre-printed
			  stationery.

Address Options:-

	SBaddresss	- South bridge offices
	KBaddress	- Kings Buildings (default)

Affiliation options -- specify at most one of these:-

	ITO		- Informatics Teaching Organisation.
	IGS		- Informatics Graduate School
	CSG		- Computer systems group.
	LFCS		- Lab. Foundations of Computer Science	(co-directors)
	SOCS		- School of computer science.		(professors)

Customisations:-

	\crestversion4	- Crest type determined by number...

				0  -  normal monochrome
				1  -  no lines
				2  -  reversed
				3  -  2 colour
				4  -  full colour

	\extn{xxxx}	- Set 650 extension (for headed paper only)
	\phone{xxxxxx}	- Sets the phone number
	\secy{xxxxxx}	- Sets a secretary's phone number

	\telex{}	- Sets the telex address
	\email{xxx@yyy}	- Sets email address
	\href{...}	- Sets the department's/user's WWW page URL

	\signature{...}	- As for latex letter class.



Example
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\documentclass[LFCS]{infletr}
\begin{document}

\crestversion4

\extn{5180}
\phone{650 5180}
\secy{650 5198}
\telex{}
\email{gordon@dcs.ed.ac.uk}
\href{http://dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/gordon}
\signature{
Dr Gordon Brebner\\
Deputy Head of Division}


\begin{letter}{To address 1\\
To address 2\\
To address 3\\
To address 4\\
}

\opening{Dear Whoever,}

\begin{center}\textbf{Re: This and that}\end{center}

Waffle, etc.

\closing{Yours sincerely,}
\cc{Whoever....}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

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Dear Colleague,
Latex has had support for the production of letters with either
DCS or LFCS letterheads, through the "csletr" and "lfcsletr"
document classes.  These are now obsolete, since they refer
to the Department of Computer Science.

I have devised a new "infletr" document class, to allow production
of letters with a "Division of Informatics" letterhead; this may be
either a generic Division letterhead or one of five more specialised
variants, as follows:

   \documentclass{infletr}          Division of Informatics
   \documentclass[CSG]{infletr}     Computer Systems Group
   \documentclass[IGS]{infletr}     Informatics Graduate School
   \documentclass[ITO]{infletr}     Informatics Teaching Organisation
   \documentclass[LFCS]{infletr}    Lab. for Foundations of Computer Science
   \documentclass[SOCS]{infletr}    School of Computer Science

Specialised variants will be added or removed as the Division evolves.

This class is being made available in the ex-DCS (i.e., Informatics South)
computing environment, so the default postal address is that of the JCMB.
To allow use of 80 South Bridge (the address of the Division Office-to-be)
if required, there is a further "SBaddress" option.  Examples of use:

   \documentclass[SBaddress]{infletr}
   \documentclass[ITO,SBaddress]{infletr}

(as a symmetric feature looking ahead to future mobility, there is also a
"KBaddress" option that explicitly selects the JCMB address).


While doing this update, there has been a small change to the arrangements
for specifying the letter writer's telephone number, since the previous
mechanism could not cope with the fact that the University now has "651"
numbers as well as "650" numbers.  To specify your own number, use the
\phone macro, for example:

   \phone{650 1000}

and, as a new feature, if you wish to give a secretary's number, you can
use the \secy macro (e.g., \secy{650 1000}).  The \extn macro, formerly
used to specify your extension number on the 650 exchange, still exists,
but only has an effect if you are naughtily producing a letter to be
printed on the old pre-printed departmental notepaper.

The effect of the other macros that were available for tailoring
your personal information when using the old letter classes (i.e.,
\code, \email, \href and \telex) have the same effect as before
(i.e., specifying telephone number prefix, e-mail address, WWW URL
and telex number, respectively).


The new document class is already available on some Suns, and should be
gradually propagating to all Suns during the next 24 hours.  It will
be made available on Macs as soon as possible, but I understand that
this requires manual intervention for each Mac.  Apparently, Latex
letters have never been quite right on the Linux boxes, since these
lack the corporate identity approved font (Palatino), so I think Linux
users will have to use a Sun-based server in the meantime if wishing to
achieve corporate perfection.  I suggest that anyone who is still unable
to use the new class after Monday (17 August) should mail "support" for
assistance.


Gordon.