In LaTeX, how can one add a header/footer in the document class Letter?
- by Brian M. Hunt
In LaTeX, how can one create a document using the Letter documentclass, but with customized headers and footers?
Typically I would use:
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{\footnotesize \parbox{11cm}{Custom left-head-note} }
\lfoot{\footnotesize \parbox{11cm}{\textit{#2}}}
\rfoot{\footnotesize Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}
\renewcommand\headheight{24pt}
\renewcommand\footrulewidth{0.4pt}
However, with \documentclass{letter}, this doesn't work at all. Suggestions are duly appreciated.
EDIT: Here is sample code that doesn't work (for any apparent reason):
\documentclass[12pt]{letter}
\usepackage{fontspec}% font selecting commands
\usepackage{xunicode}% unicode character macros
\usepackage{xltxtra} % some fixes/extras
% page counting, header/footer
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{\footnotesize \parbox{11cm}{Draft 1} }
\lfoot{\footnotesize \parbox{11cm}{\textit{2}}}
\cfoot{}
\rhead{\footnotesize 3}
\rfoot{\footnotesize Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}
\renewcommand{\headheight}{24pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\begin{document}
\name{ Joe Laroo }
\signature{ Joe Laroo }
\begin{letter}{ To-Address }
\renewcommand{\today}{ February 16, 2009 }
\opening{ Opening }
Content of the letter.
\closing{ Yours truly, }
\end{letter}
\end{document}
