Computer Class

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Computer Class

• 7th Grade
• GCMS
• Fall 2002

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Business Letters

• Parts of Letter
• Styles
• Punctuation

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Business Letters

• Parts of a
• Personal Business Letter
• Return Address
• Date
• Inside Address
• Salutation
• Body
• Complimentary Close
• Typewritten Signature

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Business Letters
Return Address
Date
Inside Address
Salutation
Body
Complimentary Close
Typewritten Signature
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Business Letters

• Parts of a Business Letter
• (Letterhead)
• Date
• Inside Address
• Salutation
• Body
• Complimentary Close
• Typewritten Signature
• Reference initials

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Business Letters
Date
Inside Address
Salutation
Body
Complimentary Close
Typewritten Signature
Reference Initials
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Business Letters
Styles

• Block
• Modified Block

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Business Letters

• Block style letters
• ALL parts of the letter begin at the LEFT margin

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Business Letters

• Modified Block Style letters
• Begin at CENTER of Line of Writing
• Return Address
• Date
• Complimentary Closing
• Typewritten Signature

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Business Letters
Punctuation

• Open
• Mixed

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Business Letters

• Open Punctuation
• No punctuation follows the salutation or
  complimentary close

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Business Letters

• Mixed Punctuation
• Colon follows the salutation
• Comma follows the complimentary close

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Business Letters
Open Punctuation
Block
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Business Letters

• Mixed Punctuation

Modified Block
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Business Letters
Formatting

• 4 returns between the date and inside address
• DS between the inside address and salutation
• DS between the salutation and the body
• DS between the body and the complimentary close
• 4 returns between the complimentary close
  typewritten signature
• Reference initials (if needed) are a DS below the
  typewritten signature