%%latex
\documentclass[12pt]{letterhd}        \newcommand{\pix}{bmp}% For Yap.exe
%\documentclass[12pt,dvipdfm]{letterhd}\newcommand{\pix}{png}% For dvipdfm.exe

\usepackage{graphicx} % handle graphics

\pagestyle{headings}  %  see top line of page 2 of letter

%%% The signature entry gets used at the END of the letter.
\signature{Eric Schechter,\\Webmaster and Associate Professor\\Vanderbilt Mathematics}

\begin{document}

\vspace*{-195pt}% I don't know why but the spacing needs adjustment

%%% The next lines insert the letterhead
\noindent
\includegraphics[width=13.92cm,height=4.22cm]{simpler.\pix}


% adjust spacing between letterhead and letter, to suit taste
\vspace*{-8pt}


\begin{letter}{Mathematics Personnel\\
(faculty, staff, graduate students, visitors)}
\opening{Dear everyone,}

On second thought, here is a simpler way to make the letterhead.
It uses the same ``letterhd.cls'' file, but this time I make
the {\it entire\/} top part of the page from one graphic image.
Everything above the date is one picture, which I create one time.
This saves me the trouble of using the picins package and adjusting
its spacing.

In case you're wondering, here's how I made the graphic image:
I used Microsoft Word for the text.  I inserted the graphic image
into the Word document.  When I had it the way I wanted it, I
took a ``snapshot'' using the Prnt Scrn key; then I pasted the
image into a graphics program.


\closing{Yours truly,}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

