[Tex/LaTex] Use different titles for moderncv resume and cover letter

moderncvtemplates

I am using this beautiful template. There is only one thing that I don't like in it but unfortunately I am not very good in LaTeX to change it on my own. What's is more, the code involved in this template is a lot, and therefore it is almost imposable to construct a working example here. So, I rely on your own will to provide this improvement (and I promise that I will send this patch to the guy who maintains this site so as other people get benefit from that).

So, my problem is that the template uses the same title (on top of the page) for both the CV and the Cover Letter (which is also included on the tex file). What I want is be able to define separately the titles for these two sections ("Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter say).

Could you please help me out with this patch?

FYI: I am using the "banking" theme

Best Answer

Adding a \title{Covering Letter} after the CV part (and after the \clearpage) and before the \makelettertitle will do what you are after.

EDIT: Re icons

The icons are from fonts. there is a \moderncvicons{} setting which currently has three possible values: awesome, marvosym and letter. awesome is the default but will only work if you are using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, otherwise it drops back to marvosym.

There are .sty file which describe the different options moderncvicons<iconstylename>.sty. if you look in these you can see the command used for each icons (here is the relevant part of the awesome style:

\renewcommand*{\addresssymbol}       {}
\renewcommand*{\mobilephonesymbol}   {{\Large\faMobilePhone}~}
\renewcommand*{\fixedphonesymbol}    {\faPhone~}
\renewcommand*{\faxphonesymbol}      {\faPrint~}              % alternative: \faFileAlt
\renewcommand*{\emailsymbol}         {\faEnvelope~}           % alternative: \faInbox
\renewcommand*{\homepagesymbol}      {\faGlobe~}              % alternative: \faHome
\renewcommand*{\linkedinsocialsymbol}{\faLinkedinSign~}       % alternative: \faLinkedin
\renewcommand*{\twittersocialsymbol} {\faTwitter~}
\renewcommand*{\githubsocialsymbol}  {\faGithub~}

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[Tex/LaTex] Looking for Cover letter template

The newlfm class or the scrlttr2 class (from the KOMA-Script bundle) could be an option.

EDIT: here's a simple example adapted from Matthew J. Miller's template

\documentclass[10pt,stdletter,dateno]{newlfm}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage{url}

\widowpenalty=1000
\clubpenalty=1000

\newlfmP{headermarginskip=20pt}
\newlfmP{sigsize=50pt}
\newlfmP{dateskipafter=20pt}
\newlfmP{addrfromphone}
\newlfmP{addrfromemail}
\PhrPhone{Phone}
\PhrEmail{Email}

\namefrom{Matthew J.\ Miller}
\addrfrom{%
    \today\\[10pt]
    439 Coordinated Science Laboratory\\
    1308 West Main Street\\
    Urbana, IL 61801
}
\phonefrom{217-244-6024}
\emailfrom{mjmille2@uiuc.edu}

\addrto{%
Faculty Search Committee\\
Department of Computer Science\\
Clemson University\\
Clemson, SC 29634-0974}

\greetto{To Whom It May Concern,}
\closeline{Sincerely,}
\begin{document}
\begin{newlfm}

I am writing to apply for the position of assistant
professor in Clemson University's Computer Science Department.  I plan to receive my
Ph.D.\ degree from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign in Summer of 2006.  My adviser is
Prof.\ Nitin H.\ Vaidya, and my general areas of interest
include wireless and sensor network performance and security.
 Having many friends and family in the area, I would be
most enthused to return to the South permanently by accepting
a position at your institution.

In my graduate work, I focus on the design of
energy-efficient protocols and secure key distribution.
More specifically, I have explored various techniques at
multiple layers of the network stack to effectively reduce
the energy consumption of wireless communication.  In security,
my work was the first to propose leveraging channel diversity
for sensor network key distribution.  My research appears in 
the \textit{IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing} journal as
well as \textit{Infocom 2006} and \textit{ICDCS 2005},
prestigious conferences in the areas of networking and distributed
systems, respectively.

Enclosed is my curriculum vitae (including a list of
publications), contact information for my references, a research
statement, and a teaching statement.  All of my publications and
presentations are available at:

\url{http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~mjmille2/publications/}

Please let me know if there are any other materials
or information that will assist you in processing my application.

Thank you for your consideration.  I look forward to
hearing from you.

\end{newlfm}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] CV and cover letter in same file with own titles: Moderncv

Update (`moderncv` v2.0)

With moderncv v2.0, the command to be patched is no more \makelettertitle but \makeletterhead, so the correct patch for this version is

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\makeletterhead}
  {\recomputeletterlengths}
  {\recomputeletterlengths\titlestyle{\@title}\par\vspace{2cm}}
  {}
  {}
\makeatother

Original answer (works with older versions of `moderncv`)

Add the following lines in your preamble:

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\makelettertitle}
  {\recomputeletterlengths}
  {\recomputeletterlengths\titlestyle{\@title}\par\vspace{2cm}}
  {}
  {}
\makeatother

MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}


\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\makelettertitle}
  {\recomputeletterlengths}
  {\recomputeletterlengths\titlestyle{\@title}\par\vspace{2cm}}
  {}
  {}
\makeatother

\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\title{Curriculum vitae}
\name{John}{Doe}


\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\makecvtitle

\clearpage

\title{Cover letter}
\recipient{HR Departmnet}{Corporation\\123 Pleasant Lane\\12345 City, State}
\date{\today}
\opening{Dear Sir or Madam,}
\closing{Sincerely yours,}

\makelettertitle
\end{document}

Output:

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[Tex/LaTex] Looking for Cover letter template

[Tex/LaTex] CV and cover letter in same file with own titles: Moderncv

Update (moderncv v2.0)

Original answer (works with older versions of moderncv)

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Update (`moderncv` v2.0)

Original answer (works with older versions of `moderncv`)