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McBane  \nDepartment of Chemistry  \nGrand Valley State University  \n[mcbaneg@gvsu.edu](mcbaneg@gvsu.edu)[ ](mcbaneg@gvsu.edu)August 􀀲􀀱, 􀀲􀀰􀀰􀀷  \n􀀱 Introduction  \n¿e gcard package provides a means of producing simple greeting cards. ¿e user puts the card text into four environments for front and back covers and inside le and right pages. ¿e package formats the text into four “panels” and arranges them on the sheet so that they are correctly oriented when the sheet is folded twice to make a card. Either portrait or landscape orientation is possible. ¿e graphicx package provides the necessary rotation, and the textpos package arranges the four panelson the sheet.  \nSince cards vary widely, no attempt is made to provide a default design. Each of the four panels is set, vertically centered, in a minipage environment; the user is free to format the contents ofthe minipage as desired.  \n􀀲 Installation  \nPlace gcard .sty where LATEX can find it. Usually an appropriate location will be something like /texmf/tex/latex/gcard. Refresh the file name database by the usual method for your system. ¿is documentation file and the two example files may be placed anywhere.  \nYou will also need to have the textpos, graphicx, and calc packages installed. All are available at ctan, and graphicx and calc are part of most LATEX distributions. For landscape cards it is best to also have the geometry package installed.  \n􀀱  \n􀀳 Usage  \nLoad the package with \\usepackage{gcard}  \nBefore \\begin{document}, if you want to use margins different from the defaults (􀀰.􀀲 in for all), set four lengths to values of your choice:  \n\\setlength{\\gcguttermargin}{8 mm} % inside edge of textblock \\setlength{\\gcedgemargin}{\\gcguttermargin} % outside edge \\setlength{\\gctopmargin}{6 mm} % top  \n\\setlength{\\gcbottommargin}{\\gctopmargin} % bottom  \n¿ese margins determine the distances between the edges ofthe minipage containing a single panel and the edges ofthe folded card. ¿ey are used, along with \\paperwidth and \\paperheight, to compute the width and height of each panel and the placement of each panel on the page.  \n¿en, a er \\begin{document}, specify the contents of each panel with the frontcover, backcover, insideleft, and insideright environments. Each environment sets its contents in a minipage of width \\panelwidth and height \\panelheight. ¿ose two lengths may be referenced, but not changed, anywhere a er \\begin{document} . ¿e material is vertically centered in the panel by default;  \nto move it, use vertical spacing commands such as \\vspace{} and \\vfill. For example, you could specify the material for the front cover of the card with  \n\\begin{frontcover}\\Large  \nWe heard you had a little trouble with the law\\ldots \\end{frontcover}  \n¿e text will appear vertically centered on the front cover, with normal justification.  \nYou do not need to supply all four environments; panels corresponding to missing environments will be le blank.  \n􀀲  \n􀀳.􀀱 Minimal example  \nA very simple card can be produced by the following file:  \n\\documentclass[12 pt]{article}\\usepackage{gcard}\\begin{document}  \n\\begin{frontcover} Dear Sir,\\\\  \nI am sending two sardine tins .  \nPlease make me a motor-bicycle and a telescope .  \n\\end{frontcover}  \n\\begin{insideright} Happy Father✬s Day!\\end{insideright}  \n\\end{document}  \n􀀴 Package options  \n¿e only option handled directly by the package is showboxes, which is passed to the textpos package. It produces a narrow frame around each of the four panels.¿is frame is usually not desirable as part of the finished card since it is set tight against the enclosed minipage environment and therefore collides with any text that extends to the margins. It can be useful during the design phase since it shows clearly where the margins are.  \n¿e gcard package loads the textpos, graphicx, and calc packages. 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