Parts of a Personal Business Letter lesson

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The way multiple lines of text line up along the left, right, or both margins

• Double Space

• Alignment

• Body

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The main text of a personal letter, business letter, memo, email, or report. 

• Complimentary Close

• Body

• Dateline

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The author’s keyed name in the closing of the letter.

• Writer

• Signature

• Keyed Name

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A special notation at the end of a memo or letter that indicates that an item(s) is attached to the letter or memo.

• Enclosure Notation
• Copy Notation
• Attachment Notation

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A keying style for a letter or memo in which all the text is aligned at the left margin.

• Block Style
• Hanging Indent Style
• Paragraph Style

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A letter sent from one business or organization to another or to an individual.

• Personal Business Letter
• Business Letter
• Friendly Letter

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Ending of the letter. Example:  Sincerely yours, 

• Salutation

• Keyed Name

• Complimentary Close

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Use a lowercase (c) followed by the name of the person(s) to receive a copy.  Placed a double space below the last line of the enclosure notation or the typist line if there is no enclosure.

• Typist Initials 

• Copy Notation

• Signature

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Line spacing using the word processing feature which leaves one blank line between each line of text.

• SS (single space)
• DS (double space)
• QS (quadruple space)

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A special notation at the end of a letter indicating that an item(s) is included with the letter.

• Attachment notation
• Typist Initials
• Enclosure noation

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Author’s handwritten/signed name.  Placed on the printed copy of the letter.

• Handwritten Signature
• Typed Signature
• Stamped Signature

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The address of the receiver of the letter.

• Letter Address/Inside Address
• Personal address
• Return Address

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Stationery that is used instead of the return address in a business letter and consists of the business’ name, address, phone/fax/email, and logo. 

• Business Card

• Friendly Letter

• Letterhead

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A colon is keyed in the salutation and a comma is in the complimentary close.

• Open Punctuation

• Closed Punctuation

• Mixed Punctuation

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There is not a colon keyed in the salutation and there is not a comma in the complimentary close.

• Open Punctuation
• Closed Punctuation
• Mixed Punctuation

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A letter written by an individual to deal with business of a personal nature. (A letter that is sent from an individual to a person or business/organization.)

• Business Letter
• Personal-Business Letter
• Friendly Letter

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The address of the sender of the letter and consists of a line for the street address and one for the city, state, and ZIP code.

• Letter Address
• Return Address
• Mailing Address

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The greeting of a letter that is keyed a double space below the letter address.

• Greeting
• Salutation
• Keyed Name

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Leaving no blank lines when using the Enter key .

• SS (single space)
• DS (double space)
• QS (quadruple space)

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Used when someone other than the author keys the letter and is keyed at the left margin, a double space below the writer’s name.

• Signature
• Keyed Name
• Typist Initials