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I use scrlttr2 as a letter template? (Together with mailmerge in case that is relevant.)

How can I use sections or headings inside of a long letter to structure it? Of course, I don't want to make use of a deeply-nested structure as in a scientific document, but just small headlines. They may not be a lot larger than the usual text and may just be bold. That is enough.

I've found this German website, but it only eplains how/that you can use sections outside of the letter. But I want them to be part of the letter.

rugk
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Switch to one of the KOMA-Script classes scrartcl, scrreprt or scrbook and load package scrletter.

Example:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{scrletter}
\usepackage{blindtext}% only for dummy text
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Foo}
\opening{Hello,}
\blindtext
\blinddocument
\end{letter}
\end{document}

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With scrartcl and package scrletter you can also use \minisec:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{scrletter}
\usepackage{blindtext}% only for dummy text
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Foo}
\opening{Hello,}
\blindtext
\minisec{mini heading}
\blindtext
\end{letter}
\end{document}
esdd
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  • I was in the impression scrletter was outdated or so? Also where do I place the options for scrlttr2 then? – rugk Jan 08 '21 at 18:31
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    @rugk to the contrary: scrletter is a rather new addition to the KOMA-Script family: “The scrletter package has supplemented KOMA-Script since Version 3.15. It also provides all the letter-based functionality of scrlttr2 to the other classes.” (KOMA-Script manual “scrguien”, v3.28, p. 152) – cgnieder Jan 08 '21 at 19:00
  • Well okay, now the only problem is that the solution for another question @esdd has suggested does not work anymore now: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/578136/98645 – rugk Jan 08 '21 at 22:27
  • KOMA-Script options can be placed as global options while loading the class, eg. fontsize, paper etc. Options regarding the letter can be placed as global or package options, eg. firsthead, foldmarks etc. You can also use \KOMAoption or \KOMAoptions. But note that Letter Option files (lco files) can only be loaded using \LoadLetterOption or \LoadLetterOptions. – esdd Jan 08 '21 at 23:53
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Well, I found an easy workaround by not using the LaTeX commands for headings, but just doing the styling manually.

Simply making it bold looks already very good for most letters.

Likely not the best, but works.

\documentclass[parskip=full]{scrlttr2}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Jerry Garcia\710 Ashbury St\San Francisco\CA 94117}
\opening{Dear Friend,}


\lipsum[10]


\textbf{Case} \vspace{-10pt}


\lipsum


\textbf{Reasoning} \vspace{-10pt}


\lipsum
\end{letter}


\end{document}

preview of code

rugk
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I did something really simple, just define in your preamble your own section command:

\newcommand{\section}[1]{%
    \textbf{#1}\\[2ex]
}
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