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From: csrobe@CS.WM.EDU (Chip Roberson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Problem with LaTeX and letter.sty
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Date: 19 Oct 89 19:21:14 GMT
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Greetings-

We have just installed newer versions of TeX and LaTeX on our Sun
network and we've noticed a problem with writing letters using the
LaTeX style file.  I appears that the new version does not place
any vertical space between the \closing and the \signature for
a person's handwritten signature.  We take the same file and run
it through our old LaTeX and it works as expected. 

I have also seen the problem in the C TeX version that is on the
ATARI ST using the same style file.  

Here are the version statements from the OLD stuff:
--------------------------------------------------
This is TeX, Version 2.0 for Berkeley UNIX (preloaded format=lplain 87.2.1)
LaTeX Version 2.09 - Released 19 April 1986
Document Style 'letter'. Released 21 July 1985

Here are the new version numbers:
--------------------------------
This is TeX, C Version 2.95 (no format preloaded)
LaTeX Version 2.09 <4 Aug 1988>
Document Style 'letter'. Released 21 July 1985

Can someone please tell us how to solve this problem?  Do we need a newer
style file, a patch or what?

Many thanks!
-c
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