Stanford University letter style for latex (suletter.sty)

This latex style file allows you to create latex letters with the Stanford logo for any department. Note that Stanford letterhead should only be used for Stanford related business. If in doubt, check with your department administrator. CSLI folk should also look at the general information on letters.

The style file requires latex2e, the graphics package, and assumes you will be using dvips to convert your dvi file to postscript before printing.

Getting

If you do not already have the files, download the following:

suletter.sty
sulogobw.eps (black and white logo)
sulogo.eps (only necessary if you intend to use the color logo)
ISL sulogo file. An alternate logo, don't download unless you want to fiddle with the style.
suletter.tex (an example letter)
more seals for download (I haven't examined this site closely yet).

Both logos were originally gotten from /afs/ir/users/c/o/consult/pub/stanford/ (accessible from many Stanford computers). Their use is governed by Guide Memo 15.5, "Ownership and Use of Stanford Name and Trademarks". Faculty, staff, and students should read and understand the policy (the article Using the Stanford Name may be easier to understand). People unaffiliated with the university should not be using Stanford letterhead or the Stanford logo without explicit permission.

Use

The assumption below is that you are familiar with the basic latex letter style file. Basic use is as follows:


\documentclass{letter}

\usepackage[color-logo]{suletter} % see Class Options for options

% see User defined settings for information
% about what the user can set
\name{Robert Allen}
\department{Department of Linguistics}
\location{Margaret Jacks, room 23}
\mailcode{4115}
\telephone{650-723-1234}

Class Options

color-logo - print the Stanford logo in color
bw-logo - print the Stanford logo in black and white, not color. This is the default.
no-logo - include no logo nor ``Stanford University'' text -- for printing on real letterhead
addressright - Place your address indented to right with date, not on the left margin
britdate - format the address day month year, not month day, year

User Defined Settings

\mailcode{mailcode}: default is none
\zipcode{zipcode}: default is 94305
\address{line 1\\ line 2\\ line 3}: default is none. If defined, it supercedes \location, \department, and \telephone
\location{Room 374}: acts as a modifier to the Standard Institutional address. Default is none.
\department{Department of XXX}: department name. Default is "Stanford University". It is strongly suggested that this be defined if \address is not
\telephone{phone number}: default is Stanford Directory Information, 650-723-2300. It is suggested that this be defined if \address is not
\name{Sender's name}: only required item

Contributors

A whole group of people over the years. Emma Pease did much of the early work. Chris Manning unified several variant letter forms and added the class options.

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Last modified: Fri Oct 6 13:31:18 PDT 2006 by emma@csli.stanford.edu