1 / 14

Personal Business Letter

Personal Business Letter. Introduction. Business letters may be used for personal reasons such as a cover letter, letters requesting information, appreciation, etc. Block style letter – every line begins on the left margin – no indents, no centering. Box 1.

nayda-landry
Download Presentation

Personal Business Letter

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Personal Business Letter

  2. Introduction • Business letters may be used for personal reasons such as a cover letter, letters requesting information, appreciation, etc.

  3. Block style letter –every line begins on the left margin – no indents, no centering

  4. Box 1 Personal Business Letter – A letter written to a business / organization from an individual.

  5. Box 2Page Layout – center verticallypage layout/ page setup/ layout/ vertical align - center

  6. Box 3Return address – the address of the person sending the letter.Press enter key 4 times after the address

  7. Box 4 Current date – insert the date you are typing the letter (current date) Press the Enter key 4 times after the date.

  8. Box 5 Inside Address or Letter Address – who you are sending the letter TO – same as the address you would put on the OUTSIDE of the ENVELOPE Press the Enter key 2 times after the address.

  9. Box 6 Salutation – or greeting. Always starts with Dear and ends with a :Use the same name in the salutation that you would use if you saw this person face-to-face: Example: Dear Ms. Talbot: or Dear Sydney: Press the Enter key 2 times after the salutation.

  10. Box 7 Body – paragraphs are not indented – press the Enter key twice between paragraphs Press the Enter key 2 times after the body.

  11. Box 8 Closing – how you end the letter followed by a comma – choices:Sincerely,Sincerely yours,Cordially,Cordially yours, Press the Enter key 4 times after the closing.

  12. Box 9 Signature - the name and title* of the person the letter is FROM *only include the person’s title if they are sending the letter because of their job If this is not the end of the letter - Press the Enter key 2 times after the signature.

  13. (may need at times) Typist Initials – the initials of the person who TYPED the letter if that person is NOT who the letter is from Initials should be lower case – no spaces no periods Example: sw or sjw If this is not the end of the letter - Press the Enter key 2 times after the initials.

  14. (may need at times) Enclosure Notation – type the word Enclosure if something besides the letter is enclosed in the envelope

More Related