LaTeX Letter Template

%
%   personal_letter
%
%   Created by Thomas Loven on 2010-02-24.  Feel free to use.
%

\ProvidesClass{personal_letter}

% Based on article
\LoadClass[a4paper, oneside]{article}

\usepackage{ifthen}

% Define functions for user changeable variables
\makeatletter

\newcommand{\adress}[1]{\def \@adress{#1}}
\newcommand{\telephone}[1]{\def \@telephone{#1}}
\newcommand{\email}[1]{\def \@email{#1}}
\newcommand{\name}[1]{\def \@name{#1}}
\newcommand{\place}[1]{\def \@place{#1}}
%\newcommand{\date}[1]{\def \@date{#1}}
\newcommand{\greeting}[1]{\def \@greeting{#1}}
\newcommand{\closing}[1]{\def \@closing{#1}}
\newcommand{\url}[1]{\def \@url{#1}}

\adress{}
\telephone{}
\email{}
\name{}
\place{}
\date{}
\greeting{}
\closing{}
\url{}

\makeatother

% Include usefull packages
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[swedish]{babel}
\usepackage{longtable}

% Make graphics work with pdf or dvi files
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\ifpdf
    \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
    \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf, .jpg, .tif}
\else
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.eps, .jpg}
\fi


% Costruct heading
\makeatletter
\fancyfoot[LO, LE]{\@adress}
\fancyfoot[RO, RE]{ \ifthenelse{\equal{\@telephone}{}}{}{ \@telephone \\ \@email \\ \@url }}
\fancyfoot[C]{}
\setlength{\headheight}{0 cm}
\setlength{\headsep}{0 cm}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\addtolength{\textheight}{0 cm}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\makeatletter

%Body of the letter
\makeatletter
\newenvironment{body}% {
    \begin{quotation}
    \begin{onehalfspace}
    \setlength{\parskip}{1ex}

    \ifthenelse{\equal{\@place}{}}{}{ \begin{flushright} \@place \\ \@date \end{flushright} }

    \vspace{2ex}
    \bf
    \noindent
    \@greeting
    \rm
}%
{
    \vspace{10pt}
    \ifthenelse{\equal{\@closing}{}}{}{ \noindent \@closing \\ \noindent \@name } \end{onehalfspace} \end{quotation}
}
\makeatother

\newcommand{\titel}[1]{ \begin{centering} {\Huge #1} \end{centering} }

\newcommand{\rubrik}[1]{ \vspace{1.5em}

{\large \bf #1}

}

\documentclass{personal_letter}

\place{Göteborg}
\adress{Thomas Lovén \\ Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx XX \\ XXX XX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx}
\telephone{+XX XX XXX XX XX}
\email{thomasloven@gmail.com}
\url{thomasloven.wordpress.com}

\begin{document}

\greeting{Salvete!}
\closing{Di vos incolumes custodiant.}

\begin{body}

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
  non arcu non massa accumsan tincidunt. Suspendisse non est quis
  massa sollicitudin faucibus. Quisque gravida vulputate nisi pharetra
  ultrices. Fusce tincidunt ante quis lacus adipiscing eget dictum
  justo luctus. Vivamus nec tempus diam. Vivamus rhoncus varius arcu,
  et vulputate purus aliquam eget. Cras eget suscipit lectus. Donec
  nec nulla ac urna ultricies bibendum sed vitae nibh. Suspendisse
  consectetur luctus quam eget vulputate. Pellentesque et nisl et quam
  vestibulum auctor quis et metus. Sed cursus tellus at felis lobortis
  ut tincidunt purus porttitor.

  Donec gravida metus eu dui rutrum nec bibendum libero molestie.
  Aenean et odio massa. Donec pulvinar augue non tellus vulputate nec
  congue justo accumsan. Nam pretium sagittis dictum. Sed semper auctor
  neque in commodo. Mauris dignissim ante ac nibh pretium consequat.
  Donec orci tortor, pharetra non congue vel, ultrices sit amet lacus.
  Suspendisse a lacus nec ante venenatis bibendum vitae id dui. Nam
  semper arcu facilisis nunc euismod volutpat. Donec accumsan velit nec
  ante lacinia pulvinar. Phasellus ut varius enim. Pellentesque vel
  augue odio. Suspendisse sed nisi vel magna euismod semper. Maecenas
  erat neque, tristique id consequat id, mollis eu enim. Phasellus
  laoreet pulvinar ante accumsan posuere. Proin viverra dui id ipsum
  hendrerit non mollis mi rutrum.

\end{body}

\end{document}