[Tex/LaTex] scrlttr2: make second page footer match first page footer

header-footerscrlttr2

I'm trying do my cover letter in scrlttr2. I'm working from a template which I found online and I want the same footer for the second page as for the first. I really have no idea how to do this and all I get is "page 2" in the footer section of my second page. The template, extended to be a two page letter can be found below.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Short Stylish Cover Letter

\documentclass{scrlttr2}

\usepackage{fontspec} % Allows font customization
\usepackage{marvosym} % Allows the use of symbols
\usepackage[english]{babel} % Required to compile in Windows

\setlength\parindent{0pt} % Removes all indentation from paragraphs

\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
\setmainfont {Garamond} % Main document font
\setsansfont {Garamond} % Used in the from address line above the to address

\renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{12.5}{17}\selectfont} % Sets the font size and leading
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%  PERSONAL INFORMATION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\setkomavar{fromname}{John Smith} % Your name
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{123 Broadway\\City\\Country} % Your address
\setkomavar{fromphone}{(000) 111-1111} % Your phone number
\setkomavar{fromemail}{john@smith.com} % Your email address
\setkomavar{place}{} % City written before the date, put your city here if you want this
\setkomavar{signature}{John Smith} % Your name as you want it to appear in the signature

% These are not used in this document, uncomment if you would like to use them and refer to them as \usekomavar{name}
%\setkomavar{fromfax}{+1 (1)23 456789} % Your fax number
%\setkomavar{fromurl}{http://www.johnsmith.com} % Your personal website
%\setkomavar{frombank}{Postbank 9307157}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%  HEADER SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\firsthead{
\centering
{\addfontfeature{LetterSpace=20.0}\fontsize{36}{36}\selectfont\scshape \usekomavar{fromname}}\\[5mm]
\fontsize{21}{21}\selectfont\scshape Programmer at Initech } % Your current job title

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%  FOOTER SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\firstfoot{
\centering
\addfontfeature{LetterSpace=20.0}\scshape
{
\renewcommand{\\}{\ {\large\textperiodcentered}\ }
\usekomavar{fromaddress}
}\\
{\Large\Letter} \usekomavar{fromemail} \ {\Large\Telefon} \usekomavar{fromphone} % If you want your fax number or website URL showing, add it here; you may need to play around with spacing
}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{document}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% COVER LETTER CONTENTS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{letter}{ % Address of the company you are applying to
HR Dept. --- Corporation\\
123 Pleasant Lane\\
12345 City, State
}

\setkomavar{subject}{Cover Letter} % This is the bold text saying 'Cover Letter', remove it if you don't like it

\opening{Dear Recruiter,}

PARAGRAPH ONE: State the reason for the letter, name the position or type of work you are applying for and identify the source from which you learned of the opening.\\

PARAGRAPH TWO: Indicate why you are interested in the position, the company, its products, services - above all, stress what you can do for the employer. If you are a recent graduate, explain how your academic background makes you a qualified candidate for the position. If you have practical work experience, point out specific achievements or unique qualifications. Try not to repeat the same information the reader will find in the resume. The purpose of this section is to strengthen your resume by providing details which bring your experiences to life.\\

PARAGRAPH TWO: Indicate why you are interested in the position, the company, its products, services - above all, stress what you can do for the employer. If you are a recent graduate, explain how your academic background makes you a qualified candidate for the position. If you have practical work experience, point out specific achievements or unique qualifications. Try not to repeat the same information the reader will find in the resume. The purpose of this section is to strengthen your resume by providing details which bring your experiences to life.\\

PARAGRAPH TWO: Indicate why you are interested in the position, the company, its products, services - above all, stress what you can do for the employer. If you are a recent graduate, explain how your academic background makes you a qualified candidate for the position. If you have practical work experience, point out specific achievements or unique qualifications. Try not to repeat the same information the reader will find in the resume. The purpose of this section is to strengthen your resume by providing details which bring your experiences to life.\\

PARAGRAPH THREE: Request a personal interview and indicate your flexibility as to the time and place. Repeat your phone number in the letter. End the letter by thanking the employer for taking the time to consider your credentials.\\

Sincerely yours, \\ \\ \\
\usekomavar{signature}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\end{letter}
\end{document}

Best Answer

Update (package scrlayer-scrpage and page style plain on all pages)

It is also possible to remove the firstfoot and to use page style plain with the same footer on all pages. The footer layers can be shifted down so that they are at the same vertical position as the firstfoot would be. Note that firsthead still can be used.

\documentclass[
  symbolicnames,
  firstfoot=false,% disable firstfoot
  footlines=2% or footheight=29pt
  ]{scrlttr2}
%\providecommand*\Ifstrstart{\ifstrstart}% needed up to and including KOMA-Script version 3.27, see https://komascript.de/faq_deprecatedif
\usepackage{blindtext}

\setkomavar{fromname}{John Smith}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{123 Broadway\\City\\Country}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{(000) 111-1111}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{john@smith.com}
\setkomavar{place}{}
\setkomavar{signature}{John Smith}
\setkomavar{subject}{Cover Letter}

\setkomavar{firsthead}{%
    \centering{\Huge\scshape\usekomavar{fromname}\par%
}%
    {\Large\scshape Application\par}%
}

\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\centering%
{%
\renewcommand{\\}{~{\large\textperiodcentered}~}%
\usekomavar{fromaddress}%
}\\%
\usekomavar*{fromemail}\usekomavar{fromemail}\quad\usekomavar*{fromphone}\usekomavar{fromphone}%
}

\usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
\KOMAoptions{footwidth=\useplength{firstfootwidth}}
\ForEachLayerOfPageStyle*{plain.scrheadings}{%
  \Ifstrstart{#1}{plain.scrheadings.foot}{%
    \ModifyLayer[
      voffset=\useplength{firstfootvpos}
    ]{#1}
  }{}
}% shift the footer down
\ModifyLayer[
  addvoffset=-1ex
]{plain.scrheadings.foot.above.line}% shift the footsepline up
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\normalfont}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\cfoot*{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}

\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xapptocmd\opening{\thispagestyle{plain}}{}{}% <- first pages will have pagestyle plain too

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{%
HR Dept. --- Corporation\\%
123 Pleasant Lane\\%
12345 City, State%
}

\opening{Dear Recruiter,}\the\baselineskip
\blindtext[2]

\blindtext

\blindtext[3]
\closing{See you on monday}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

Result:

Original answer

If the footer on the second page should be at the same position as the footer on the first page you can load the package scrlayer and define your own pagestyle:

\usepackage{scrlayer}
\DeclareNewLayer[
  align=tl,
  hoffset=\dimexpr.5\paperwidth-.5\useplength{firstfootwidth}\relax,
  voffset=\useplength{firstfootvpos},
  width=\useplength{firstfootwidth},
  height=\dimexpr\paperheight-\useplength{firstfootvpos},
  foreground,
  contents={\parbox{\layerwidth}{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}}
]{myfoot.fg}
\DeclarePageStyleByLayers{myletter}{myfoot.fg}
\pagestyle{myletter}

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Code:

\documentclass[symbolicnames]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{blindtext} 

\setkomavar{fromname}{John Smith}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{123 Broadway\\City\\Country}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{(000) 111-1111}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{john@smith.com}
\setkomavar{place}{}
\setkomavar{signature}{John Smith}
\setkomavar{subject}{Cover Letter}

\setkomavar{firsthead}{%
    \centering{\Huge\scshape\usekomavar{fromname}\par%
}%
    {\Large\scshape Application\par}%
}

\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\centering%
{%
\renewcommand{\\}{~{\large\textperiodcentered}~}%
\usekomavar{fromaddress}%
}\\%
\usekomavar*{fromemail}\usekomavar{fromemail}\quad\usekomavar*{fromphone}\usekomavar{fromphone}%
}

\usepackage{scrlayer}
\DeclareNewLayer[
  align=tl,
  hoffset=\dimexpr.5\paperwidth-.5\useplength{firstfootwidth}\relax,
  voffset=\useplength{firstfootvpos},
  width=\useplength{firstfootwidth},
  height=\dimexpr\paperheight-\useplength{firstfootvpos},
  foreground,
  contents={\parbox{\layerwidth}{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}}
]{myfoot.fg}
\DeclarePageStyleByLayers{myletter}{myfoot.fg}
\pagestyle{myletter}

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{%
HR Dept. --- Corporation\\%
123 Pleasant Lane\\%
12345 City, State%
}

\opening{Dear Recruiter,}
\blindtext[2]

\blindtext

\blindtext[3]
\closing{See you on monday}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

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Here is now a working example. It still requires a manual \pagebreak in the main text of the letter, but according to explanations by @DavidCarlisle, see above, this is at good as it can get without resorting to more powerful systems like luatex.

\documentclass{scrlttr2}%
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum,afterpage}%
\setlength{\textwidth}{125mm}%
\firstfoot{%
  \afterpage{%
    \global\setlength{\textwidth}{17cm}%
    \global\setlength{\columnwidth}{\textwidth}%
    \global\setlength{\hsize}{\columnwidth}%
    \global\setlength{\linewidth}{\hsize}}%
}

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Receipient}
  \opening{Dear receipient,}
  \lipsum[1-2]
  \pagebreak % enfore the page break, otherwise afterpage will take
  % effect too late, i.e. after first broken paragraph on page 2.
  \lipsum[3-12]
  \closing{Yours}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

In this example the text body on the first page has a width of 12.5cm and on of 17cm on all following pages. If you want this to work in documents containing multiple letters, you should reset \textwidth on every "first page," e.g. using

\firsthead{%
    \global\setlength{\textwidth}{12.5cm}%
    \global\setlength{\columnwidth}{\textwidth}%
    \global\setlength{\hsize}{\columnwidth}%
    \global\setlength{\linewidth}{\hsize}%
}

in the preamble.

[Tex/LaTex] scrlttr2 : header and footer on every page does not appear correctly

Use scrpage2 package instead of \nexthead or \nextfoot to solve the problem.

\usepackage{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\clearscrheadfoot
\ohead{\headbox}
\ofoot{\footbox}

Head height can be adjusted with the following command;

\setlength{\headsep}{4.5cm}

Whereas text height is adjusted in case the text overlaps the footer with following command;

\setlength{\textheight}{8in}

Modified Code;

\documentclass[
    fontsize=11pt,          % fontsize
    paper=a4,               % page size a4
    firsthead=on,           % display header on first page
    firstfoot=on,           % display footer on first page
    pagenumber=off,         % position of the page number
    parskip=half,           % Use indent instead of skip, half, false
    enlargefirstpage=on,    % more space on first page
    fromalign=left,         % placement of name in letter head
    fromrule=afteraddress,  % separate the address with a line in letter head, false or aftername
    fromemail=off,          % turn on email of sender
    fromurl=off,            % print URL of sender
    fromphone=off,          % turn on phone of sender
    fromlogo=off,           % turn on logo of sender
    addrfield=on,           % address field for envelope with window, on or true
    subject=titled,         % placement of subject, beforeopening or titled
    foldmarks=off,          % print foldmarks
    numericaldate=off,      % display date in numbers only
    KOMAold]{scrlttr2}

% http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/doc/scrguien.pdf

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage[rgb]{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{%
    pdfborder=0 0 0,
    pdfauthor={},
    pdftitle={},
    pdfsubject={},
    pdfkeywords={},
    pdfpagemode={UseOutlines},
    bookmarksopen,
    pdfstartview={FitH},
    colorlinks,
    linkcolor={blue},
    citecolor={red},
    urlcolor={blue}
  }

% Information in the header
\newcommand*{\headbox}{
\usekomafont{pagenumber}
  \parbox[b]{\linewidth}{\noindent
  \fbox{
%    \includegraphics[width=0.12\linewidth]{logo.eps}
    }
  \hfill
  \fbox{
    \parbox[b]{0.5\linewidth}{\centering University \\ 123 Street, \\ City, State 12345}
    }
  \hfill
  \fbox{
%    \includegraphics[width=0.12\linewidth]{logo.eps}
   } 
}
  \newline
   \vspace*{1.5ex}
    \centering
   \scriptsize{Institute or Corporation}
}
\firsthead{\headbox}

% Information in the footer
\newcommand*{\footbox}{
\usekomafont{pagenumber}
\parbox[b]{\linewidth}{\hrule\vspace*{0.5ex}\centering\scriptsize{name | organization | phone | email | web | copyright number: 12\,345\,678 \hfill \textcolor{blue}{\thepage}/\pageref{LastPage}}}
}
\firstfoot{\footbox}

\setlength{\headsep}{4.5cm}
\setlength{\textheight}{8in}

\usepackage{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\clearscrheadfoot
\ohead{\headbox}
\ofoot{\footbox}

% \removereffields % removes reference fields
% \makeatletter
% \@setplength{refvpos}{\useplength{toaddrvpos}}
% \makeatletter

\setkomavar{location}{\hspace{4em}\parbox[b]{\textwidth}{\today \\  Ref. No.}}
\setkomavar{customer}[]{Through proper channel}
\setkomavar{date}[]{} % Removes date

\makeatletter
\@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{8ex} % 0ex space after the signature
\makeatother

\makeatletter
\@addtoplength{firstheadvpos}{0mm} % 4.5mm position of header
\@addtoplength{firstfootvpos}{0mm} % -8mm or -1ex position of footer
\makeatother

\setkomavar{subject}{title of the subject}

% \setkomafont{title}{\normalfont\rmfamily\bfseries\Large} % changes the font of title
% \setkomavar{title}{\MakeUppercase{To whom it may concern}}

\begin{document}

\setkomavar{fromname}{Your Name,\newline 123 Street, \newline City, State 12345 \\[0.5ex] Email: username@domain.com \\ Phone: +00-123-456-7890} % Your name
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{123 Street, \\ City, State 12345}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{username@domain.com}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{+00-123-456-7890}
\setkomavar{signature}{\usekomavar{fromname}}

\begin{letter}{Director, \\ Corporation, \\ 123 Street, \\ City, State 12345} % Addressee name and address
\vspace*{0ex} % Correct for vertical displacement
\opening{Dear Sir/Madam,}

\lipsum[3-18] % generates dummy text, scratch that and write the letter contents

\closing{Sincerely,}

\cc{Chancellor, 123 Street, City, State 12345}

\end{letter}
\end{document}

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