information processing. letters are used to communicate with people outside of your organization ...
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Information Processing
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Letters are used to communicate with people outside of your organization
They are more formal and more reliable than e-mail
They are more permanent than telephone conversations
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Date
Inside Address
Salutation
Body
Complementary Close
Signature Line
Reference Initials
Spell Out in Full !!
Address of the person you are writing to.
Dear ___________
The letter itself
Sincerely
Your Signature
YOUR initials as the personwho typed the letter
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Everything is aligned
on the left side There are NO INDENTS !
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Margins are all set at 1” UNLESS you are printing on letterhead; then extra spacing must be allowed for the letterhead text/images
Punctuation can be open or closedOpen has no punctuation after
the salutation and closeClosed has a colon “:” after
the salutation and a comma “,” after the close
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Dateline
Inside Address
Salutation
Body
Complementary Close
Signature Line
Reference Initials
This sample has open
punctuation
This sample has open
punctuation
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1. Open Word2. Change all margins to 1”3. Enter down 6 times = 2” top margin4. Type the dateline5. Continue typing the letter in proper
format following the proper spacing rules
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No form of punctuation after the Salutation and Complementary Close
Dear
Sincerely
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A colon is placed after the salutation
Dear:
A comma is placed after the complementary close
Sincerely,