\magnification=1200 \def\YES{Y } \def\NO{N } \def\yes{y } \def\no{n } \def\stripspace#1 \next{#1} \message {Name of address file?} \read-1 to\file \openin1=\file \newif\ifnotdone \newdimen\longindentation \longindentation=4truein \loop \read1 to\address \ifeof1 \notdonefalse \else \notdonetrue \fi \ifnotdone % put here reads for all information needed for each letter % If you do not want a space after what is read in use the % command \edef\thing{\expandafter\stripspace\thing\next} % where \thing is the object you don't want the space after \read1 to\name \edef\name{\expandafter\stripspace\name\next} \input eetop \input date {\bigskip\leftskip=\longindentation \rm \today\bigskip\bigskip} {\leftskip=.6truein\rightskip=.6truein {\parskip=0pt\parindent=0pt\obeylines \address } \noindent Dear \name:\endgraf % Put body of letter here. Put a \endgraf at the end of each % paragraph % if there are optional paragraphs add lines liek the following set % for each optional paragraph. Make sure the included file has an % \endgraf at the end of each of its paragraphs % \message{Include letter2 for \name?} % \read-1 to\answer % \ifx\answer\yes \input letter2 % \else \ifx\answer\YES \input letter2 \fi\fi {\parskip=0pt\obeylines {\nobreak\bigskip \leftskip=\longindentation Sincerely, \nobreak\bigskip\bigskip\bigskip % space for the signature W. B. Jones\endgraf Professor and Head {\endgraf\nobreak}}} \bigskip \noindent WBJ/jrn\endgraf } \input eebot \repeat \closein1 \end