Business Letters
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Created by:
vrose on October 11, 2010
Description:
business & personal business letters
Classes:
Keyboarding Applications 8th Period Mr. Carney
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Letterhead | preprinted information that contains the company name, address, email address, logo, etc. |
| Dateline | spelled out date the letter was written |
| Attention Line | keyed on the first line of the inside address and used to address a specific person or job within the company |
| Inside Address | the name, address, city, state abbreviation and zip code of the addressee |
| Salutation | the greeting |
| Subject Line | keyed below the salutaton to give the reader a quick overview of the topic |
| Message | the letter content (body) |
| Complimentary Close | the goodbye |
| Company Signature | the name of the company in ALL caps placed a double space below the complimentary close |
| Writer's Signature Block | author's name and tiltle |
| Reference Initials | initials of the typist of the letter |
| Enclosure | indicates that another document is included with the letter. |
| Copy Notation | indicates the names of other parties who will receive copies of the letter |
| Mixed Punctuation | colon after the salutation and a comma after the complimentary close |
| Open Punctuation | no punctuation after the salutation and no punctuation after the complimentary close |
| Business Letter | a formal communication sent from one party (person or organization) to another |
| Personal Business Letter | correspondence from one person to another person or from one person to a business |
| Block Style | all lines begin at left margin |
| Modified Block Style | date and closure begin at center, all other lines begin at left margin |
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