Personal Business Letter

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Personal Business Letter
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What is it?

• A letter written by an individual to deal with
  business of a personal nature

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Margins

• Top Margin 2
• 3 Enters
• Margins- Custom Margins-
• Side Margins 1
• Default

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Return Address

• Begins at the 2 mark
• Consists of the following
• Street Address Line
• City, State, Zip Code Line
• Two spaces after the State!!
• Example (hold shift key)
• 123 Candy Lane
• Watseka, Il 60970

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Return Address

• If the business letter is typed on letterhead
  paper .
• THE RETURN ADDRESS IS NOT INCLUDED!!!!

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Date

• Typed under the Return Address
• Single Space (1 Enter hold shift key)
• Always use the current date!
• Example
• 123 Candy Lane
• Watseka, IL 60970
• April 14, 2009

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Letter address

• Typed a Quadruple space (2 enters) below the
  Date Line
• Tells who the letter is to and their address
• Example (hold shift key)
• Miss Erika Hall
• 555 Computer Ave.
• Technology, IL 62450

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Salutation

• Keyed a double space ( 1 enter) below the letter
  address
• Greeting Line
• Open punctuation- No commas or colons

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Body

• Keyed a double space (1 enter) below the
  salutation line
• Single space each line in the paragraph
• Double space between each paragraph
• One enter

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Complimentary close

• Keyed a double space below the last line of the
  body
• One Enter
• Closing
• Open punctuation- no comma or colon

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Writers name

• Keyed a quadruple space (2 enters) below the
  complimentary close
• Job titles and department names
• Keyed on the same line of the writers name
  separated by a comma
• OR
• Key on the next line at the left margin
• Single space

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Reference Initials

• Reference initials
• Used if someone else typed the document for the
  person sending the letter
• Lowercase
• No punctuation or spacing
• Placed between the last line of the letter and
  the Attachment Line
• Double Spaced (1 enter)