[Tex/LaTex] scrlttr2: Position of the recipient’s address

koma-scriptlettersscrlttr2

I have scrlttr2 based letter with source code given below.

The letter will be printed on a windowed enveloped and I need to specify the exact location of the recipient's address box.

How can I do this (make the recipient's address box appear at a certain location on the paper) ?

% koma_env.tex
\documentclass[a4paper,backaddress=off,foldmarks=false,fromalign=right]{scrlttr2}
% \usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
% \usepackage[english]{babel}
% \usepackage{url}

\setkomavar{date}{\flushleft\vspace{-\baselineskip}\today\par}

\setkomavar{fromname}{\{\{Landlord Name\}\}}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{\{\{Landlord Correspondence Address Line 1\} \\ \{\{Landlord Correspondence Line 2 (if applicable)\}\} \\ \{\{Town/City\}\} \\ \{\{County\}\} \\ \{\{Postcode\}\}}

\begin{document}

\begin{letter}{\{\{Tenant Names\}\} \\ \{\{Property Address Line 1\}\} \\ \{\{Property Address Line 2 (if applicable)\}\}
\\ \{\{Town/City\}\} \\ \{\{County\}\} \\ \{\{Postcode\}\}}

\KOMAoptions{fromphone=false,fromfax=false}
\setkomavar{subject}{Pre Check-Out Inspection at \{\{1st line of Property\}\}}

\opening{Dear \{\{Tenant Names\}\}}

Your tenancy is due to come to an end on \{\{date\}\}. I would like to arrange an inspection at the property before the tenancy ends to identify anything that may lead me to retain some of your deposit if not addressed by the time I retake possession.

Carrying out this inspection prior to the tenancy ending will give you the opportunity to tackle anything raised and ensure I can return the maximum amount of deposit to you when the tenancy ends

I would like to carry out the inspection on \{\{date\}\} at \{\{time\}\}. It would be best if you were present then if anything is identified we can discuss this and be clear on what would be required to rectify it. Please can you contact me as soon as possible to confirm whether or not this is convenient.

If you do not wish to be present I have a set of keys to access the property and will send you the results of the inspection. Please let me know either way at your earliest convenience.

\closing{Kind Regards}

\end{letter}

\end{document}

Best Answer

You can change the KOMA pseudolengths toaddrhpos (distance from left) and toaddrvpos. The height and the width of the address box can be defined by the pseudolengths toaddrheight and toaddrwidth.

To get a frame around the address box you can load the visualize.lco and say \showfields{address}

\LoadLetterOption{visualize}% loads visualize.lco to visualize boxes
\showfields{address}% show the address box

\makeatletter
  \@setplength{backaddrheight}{0pt}% because backaddress=off
  \@setplength{toaddrhpos}{2.5cm}%distance from left
  \@setplength{toaddrvpos}{5cm}%distance from top
  \@setplength{toaddrheight}{3.5cm}%height of the addressbox
  \@setplength{toaddrwidth}{10cm}% width of the addressbox
\makeatother

Update

Since KOMA-Script version 3.26 scrlttr2 provides also \setplength (without the @). Using \setplength the \makeatletter and \makeatother can be removed:

\LoadLetterOption{visualize}% loads visualize.lco to visualize boxes
\showfields{address}% show the address box

\setplength{backaddrheight}{0pt}% because backaddress=off
\setplength{toaddrhpos}{2.5cm}%distance from left
\setplength{toaddrvpos}{5cm}%distance from top
\setplength{toaddrheight}{3.5cm}%height of the addressbox
\setplength{toaddrwidth}{10cm}% width of the addressbox

Additional remark: Do not use the variable date to align the date left. Therefore you can use option:

refline=dateleft

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The document class scrlttr2 doesn't use normal length adjusting there contents. Instead it uses pseudolengths. The most important length are described in scrguien or the German version scrguide. Both documentations have a great picture which are showing the pseudolengths. To explain my solution here the picture:

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In your case you must change the height toaddrheight because the complete return address and adress are putted in one vertical box with the specific height. The distance is done be \vfil. So to reduce the distance between return address and adress you must reduce the pseudolength toaddrheight. Related to the documentation this is done by:

\makeatletter
\setlength{\@tempskipa}{-2cm}%
\@addtoplength{toaddrheight}{\@tempskipa}
\makeatother

If I add this lines to your example I get the following result:

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Here the example:

\documentclass[ngerman]{scrlttr2} 
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
%\usepackage{ngerman,    ae}%veraltet
\usepackage[babel,german=quotes]{csquotes} % Deutsche Gänsefüßchen

\KOMAoptions{backaddress=true} 

\setkomavar{fromname}{<Name back address>}      
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{<street back address>\\ <town back address>}
\makeatletter
\setlength{\@tempskipa}{-2cm}%
\@addtoplength{toaddrheight}{\@tempskipa}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
 \begin{letter}{name\\ street\\ town}       
  \opening{Hello}
  some text
  \end{letter}
\end{document}

Note The packages ngerman and ae are obsolete. Use babel with the specific language ngerman.

The difficult setting of such lengths are basing on the simple statement: Normally a user doesn't need to change any length.

[Tex/LaTex] scrlttr2 Change vertical space between sender address and email/phone

You can do this by patching the internals of KOMA-script. You can place text as well, if you are feeling adventurous (i even used colour). But please, be sensible and don't do this.

Please be careful, too much space, and the phone number is printed in the receiver line.

\documentclass[
    fromphone=on,
fromemail=on]{scrlttr2} 

\setkomavar{fromname}{name}      
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{street\\ town}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{phone}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{mail}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
%\tracingpatches%for debugging
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@gen@firsthead}{\if@phone\\}{\if@phone\\[\baselineskip]}{}{}
\patchcmd{\@gen@firsthead}{\if@email\\}{\if@email\\\textcolor{blue}{You can place text}}{}{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{name\\ street\\ town}       
    \opening{Hello}
    some text
\end{letter}
\end{document}

tobiasdietzScrlttr2

The OP Tobias Dietz made me aware (and provided an alternative solution), that the above solution does not work, if one chooses another alignment since etoolbox only replaces the first occurence of the replacement text. Package regexpatch by our respected member egreg comes to help.
To replace every occurence, use the starred variant of xpatchcmd:

\usepackage{regexpatch}
\makeatletter
%\tracingxpatches% for debugging
\xpatchcmd*{\@gen@firsthead}{\if@phone\\}{\if@phone\\[\baselineskip]}{}{}
\xpatchcmd*{\@gen@firsthead}{\if@email\\}{\if@email\\\textcolor{blue}{You can place text}}{}{}
\makeatother

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