The address program is executed simply by typing tex address or latex address. This action produces the following set of requests:
Enter the filename of the preamble [preamble.tex]: Enter filename of recipients' addresses [tolist.tex]: Enter the filename of the letter template [letter.tex]:
The filenames in square brackets ([ ])
are default values and are
accepted by pressing a
(Walnut Creek)(1995).ISO/macros/latex209/contrib/address/Paper.tex/img1.png)
. (The default names for the
second and third files can be changed by redefining the macros
\DEFAULTtolist and \DEFAULTletter in the preamble.) Of
course, the various files should contain commands appropriate to the
package actually being used.
address is designed to be reasonably robust. This and
TEX's rules for reading input allows some sloppiness in setting up the
address list. For example, leading and trailing white space and extra
blank lines are all ignored. Also, a % can be used to
comment-out text. This last item implies that any line with a % as its
first nonblank character will be treated as a blank line.