cover_letter.tex

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%we use article class because we want to fully customize the page and don't use a cv template
\documentclass[10pt,A4,german]{article}	


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% we use utf8 since we want to build from any machine
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}		
\usepackage[ngerman]{isodate}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}

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%	LOGIC
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% provides \isempty test
\usepackage{xstring, xifthen}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[german]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{changepage}

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%\usepackage[light,math]{iwona}
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\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault} 	
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

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\usepackage{moresize}

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% include the fontawesome icon set
\usepackage{fontawesome}

% use to vertically center content
% credits to: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7219/how-to-vertically-center-two-images-next-to-each-other
\newcommand{\vcenteredinclude}[1]{\begingroup
\setbox0=\hbox{\includegraphics{#1}}%
\parbox{\wd0}{\box0}\endgroup}
\newcommand{\tab}[1]{\hspace{.2\textwidth}\rlap{#1}}
% use to vertically center content
% credits to: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7219/how-to-vertically-center-two-images-next-to-each-other
\newcommand*{\vcenteredhbox}[1]{\begingroup
\setbox0=\hbox{#1}\parbox{\wd0}{\box0}\endgroup}

% icon shortcut
\newcommand{\icon}[3] { 							
	\makebox(#2, #2){\textcolor{maincol}{\csname fa#1\endcsname}}
}	


% icon with text shortcut
\newcommand{\icontext}[4]{ 						
	\vcenteredhbox{\icon{#1}{#2}{#3}}  \hspace{2pt}  \parbox{0.9\mpwidth}{\textcolor{#4}{#3}}
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% icon with website url
\newcommand{\iconhref}[5]{ 						
    \vcenteredhbox{\icon{#1}{#2}{#5}}  \hspace{2pt} \href{#4}{\textcolor{#5}{#3}}
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% icon with email link
\newcommand{\iconemail}[5]{ 						
    \vcenteredhbox{\icon{#1}{#2}{#5}}  \hspace{2pt} \href{mailto:#4}{\textcolor{#5}{#3}}
}

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\usepackage{tikzpagenodes}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{atbegshi}
% define page styles using geometry
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}

% remove all possible margins
\geometry{top=1cm, bottom=1cm, left=1cm, right=1cm}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{empty}

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% \setlength{\headheight}{0pt}

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\setlength{\parindent}{0mm}

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% extended aligning of tabular cells
\usepackage{array}

% custom column right-align with fixed width
% use like p{size} but via x{size}
\newcolumntype{x}[1]{%
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%for header image
\usepackage{graphicx}

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%for drawing graphics		
\usepackage{tikz}			
\usepackage{ragged2e}	
\usetikzlibrary{shapes, backgrounds,mindmap, trees}

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\usepackage{transparent}
\usepackage{color}

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\definecolor{accentcol}{RGB}{59,77,97}



% Package for links, must be the last package used
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}

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% base class to wrap any text based stuff here. Renders like a paragraph.
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\newcommand{\cvtext}[1] {
	\begin{tabular*}{1\mpwidth}{p{0.98\mpwidth}}
		\parbox{1\mpwidth}{#1}
	\end{tabular*}
}



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 \textbf{}};
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\setlength{\columnsep}{2.2em}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{4pt}
\colseprulecolor{white}

\AtBeginShipoutFirst{\Header{Cover Letter}\Footer{1}}
\newpage

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\cvtext{}\\[10pt]
 \begin{tabular}[t]{p{5cm}p{9cm}p{6cm}}
     &  & \cvtext{\textbf{Philip Empl}} \\
     &  & \cvtext{Street Name XX}\\
     &  & \cvtext{Zip City}\\
     &  & \cvtext{+XX XXX XXXX XX}\\
     &  & \cvtext{XX@XXXX.XX}\\[20pt]
    \end{tabular}\\

\cvtext{\textbf{Name of the Organization
}\newline Street Name XX\newline Cip City}\\[40pt]
 \raggedright
  \begin{tabular}[t]{p{5cm}p{6.8cm}p{8cm}}
     &  & 
\cvtext{ Regensburg, den \today}\\[20pt]
  \end{tabular}
\cvtext{\large{\textbf{Awesome Job I Would Like To Apply For}}}\\[25pt]
\cvtext{Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,\newline \newline}

\cvtext{\lipsum[3-8]}\\[25pt]

\cvtext{Best regards,}\\[40pt]
\cvtext{Philip Empl}
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