On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Tim Wescott wrote:
I've recently switched from doing most of my documents in OpenOffice to Lyx. I like it, but (aside from portability) the one thing I'm really missing is standard forms. I'm currently using the blank 'article' or 'letter' style in Lyx, but I'd really like to have real letterhead, that automatically puts my company logo & contact information into my documents.
Tim, Use the KOMA-letter2 class.
My question isn't how to make them -- I've figured that out once, I'll do it again. My question is, once I have the appropriate LaTeX and Lyx files made up, where can I put them?
Second shelf from the top.
Ideally, these will go someplace where they won't get blown away the next time I upgrade Lyx or LaTeX, but they'll still appear automagically in LyX when I want a template for a document.
I designed my business letterhead using the KOMA-letter2 class. The logo and address are a .pdf file that is placed at the top of the page. I also scanned my signature (as a .jpg) file and it's included with all my letters. It all stays because the .pdf, .jpg, and .sty files aren't affected by LyX or LaTeX changes. Actually, I'm lazy. When I want a new letter I copy the .lyx file of an existing one to the appropriate directory and filename, then change to suit the needs. This way I don't need to remember anything about the non-intuitive sequence of environments or where the letterhead and signature files are to be found. :-) Rich
