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In article <9208182341.AA22418@lilac.csd.bldrdoc.gov>, jongill@lilac.bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan M. Gilligan) writes:
> I am writing a modification to the LaTeX letter style to use with my
> letterhead. In this style, I want a variable-sized header on the first
> page (the size depends on whether the person defines a telephone number,
> FAX number, e-mail address, etc. It is to be just the height necessary
> for all the return-address info the person includes). Thus, I want
> a routine that will fire at \begin{letter} and reset the \headheight,
> \textheight, and \headsep, and will reset these parameters at the
> end of the first page.

This is a common enough question that it deserves an answer:

First, why do you want to use a header to produce what you want?
Is it really a page header? I rather doubt it. 

What you're trying to do, in actuality, is print some text in the
body of the page. Given this, nearly everything should be
obvious. The one exception is "what if the letterhead extends
above the top of the text area?" Well, just back up vertically by
doing a
\null\vskip-2in
or whatever is appropriate.

-dh

Don Hosek                  
dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu  
Quixote Digital Typography 
714-621-1291