Document Formatting - Walton County School District
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Personal Business Letters
and Common documents
Purpose of Document Formatting
In this Unit, we will learn how to format personal
business letter, business letters, and memos
Regardless of your future occupation, knowing
how to communicate effectively with businesses is
essential
To communicate effectively, there are rules that
must be followed on how your documents should
look
During this presentation, pay careful attention to
spacing between document parts (that includes
any margin changes)
What is a Personal Business Letter?
Is a letter written from a person to a company
Can be used for any purpose that requires written
communication from an individual to a company
Such as:
To accompany returned goods
Complaint letter
Thank you letter
Résumé cover letter
Personal Business Letter Parts
Inside Address: name and address of the business to whom
you are writing
Date Line: current date written out as month, day, and
complete year
Salutation: letter’s greeting – you use the same name you
used in the Inside Address – using Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss
Body: message or ‘meat’ of the letter
Complimentary Closing: letter’s goodbye – using phrases
such as Yours truly and Sincerely yours
Signature: writer's handwritten signature
Writer’s Identification: writer’s typed name and address
to your local chapter adviser. 25 pts
Letter Should be Centered Vertically on the Page.
Inside Address and then Date – QS (press Enter 4
times)
Salutation – DS (press Enter 2 times)
Body – SS the text within the paragraph and DS
between the paragraphs
Complimentary Closing – QS
Writer’s ID (name and address)
Personal Business Letter
Styles and Punctuation
There are two types of letter styles that are acceptable in
business:
Block style – all lines in the letter begin at the left margin (no
tabbing or indenting)
Modified block style – date line, complimentary closing and writer’s
identification begin at midpoint
Semi-modified block style - date line, complimentary closing and
writer’s identification begin at midpoint and all body paragraphs
are indented (or tabbed over) ½”
There are two types of letter punctuation that are
acceptable in business:
Mixed punctuation – there will be a colon (:) after the salutation
and a comma (,) after the complimentary closing
Open punctuation – there will be NO punctuation after the
salutation or complimentary closing
What is a Business Letter?
Represents a company not an individual
Usually prepared on company letterhead
Company letterhead is official company stationery that
often contains a logo along with the name, address,
phone and fax number
Follow this link to look at sample letterheads
What are the differences between a Personal
Business and Business Letter?
Writer’s company name and address should appear in the
letterhead, so there is no need to type it again at the
bottom of the letter
Writer’s business title is usually keyed under the name
Reference initials are added a DS (press Enter 2 times) after
the Writer’s ID –
These initials are of the person who types the letter
Used to easily locate who typed the letter
Enclosure or Attachment notations are added a DS below
the Reference Initials
This is a special section that is only added if something else is either
physically attached to the letter or accompanying the letter in the
same envelope
What is a Memo?
Used to communicate information quickly throughout
a business or organization
Memo parts:
TO: - to whom the memo is written
FROM: - who the memo is from
DATE: - current date of memo
SUBJECT: - precise, short point of memo
Memo Spacing
2” top margin
Each of the four headings are DS (double spaced) and
keyed in all caps followed by a colon (:)
After the colon, the Tab key is pressed to line up the
text that follows
What goes in a memo?
Heading
To, From, etc
Opening
Purpose
Context
The problem
Task
What to do
Summary
Longer than page
Not longer, no summary
Discussion
Details
Closing
Nice, take action
Report
There are many different acceptable ways to format a
report
Formatting depends upon the type and reason for
report
Examples are:
Academic report
Technical report
Academic Report Formatting
Use default margins (don’t change margins)
Change line spacing to double (entire document
DS)
Four headings at the top left margin
Student’s name
Teacher’s name
Class or Subject
Date
Title of Report (Initial Caps)
Indent the first sentence in each paragraph by
Summary
In this Unit, you have learned how to format:
Personal Business Letters
Business Letters
Memos
Academic Report
The End