diff --git a/pdfletter.tex b/pdfletter.tex
index 9ab3ed55b..7cdb446cf 100644
--- a/pdfletter.tex
+++ b/pdfletter.tex
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
 \fancyfoot{}
 \lfoot{\scriptsize\textcolor{Gray}{\textsf {Dr. W. Caleb McDaniel \textcolor{MidnightBlue}{Email} caleb.mcdaniel@rice.edu / \textcolor{MidnightBlue}{Office} 713-348-2556 / \textcolor{MidnightBlue}{Fax} 713-348-5207 / Rice University Department of History-MS42 / P.O. Box 1892 / Houston, TX 77005-1892 / \textcolor{MidnightBlue}{http://wcm1.web.rice.edu}}}}
-\includegraphics{/Users/wcm1/Pictures/letterhead.jpg}
+\includegraphics{/Users/wcm1/Pictures/letterhead.png}
 
-\today
+$if(date)$$date$$else$\today$endif$
 \begin{flushleft}
 $body$
 \end{flushleft}
 
-Sincerely,\\\includegraphics[scale=0.35]{/Users/wcm1/Pictures/signature.png}\\W. Caleb McDaniel\\Assistant Professor of History
+Sincerely,\\\includegraphics[scale=0.35]{/Users/wcm1/Pictures/signature.png}\\Dr. W. Caleb McDaniel\\Associate Professor of History
 \end{document}
diff --git a/printletter.tex b/printletter.tex
index 6a7f77105..2985db72e 100644
--- a/printletter.tex
+++ b/printletter.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\documentclass[12pt]{article}
+\documentclass[$if(fontsize)$$fontsize$$else$12pt$endif$]{article}
 \usepackage{fullpage}
 \usepackage[breaklinks=true,colorlinks=false,unicode=true,pdfborder={0 0 0}]{hyperref}
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
@@ -7,18 +7,21 @@
 \widowpenalty=2000
 \clubpenalty=2000
 \usepackage{graphicx}
+\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
+   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
+
 
 \begin{document}
 \thispagestyle{empty}
 \vspace*{0.5in}
 
-\today
+$if(date)$$date$$else$\today$endif$
 \begin{flushleft}
 $body$
 \end{flushleft}
 
 Sincerely,
 \par%
-W. Caleb McDaniel\\Assistant Professor of History\\caleb.mcdaniel@rice.edu\\713-348-2556
+W. Caleb McDaniel\\Associate Professor of History\\caleb.mcdaniel@rice.edu\\713-348-2556
 
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