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- 2. Objectives Structure & layout Layout guidelines for a letter Spelling, punctuation, numbers Emails
- 3. Structure & Layout
- 4. Structure and Layout Must be printed on A4 Letterhead Full block style - justify all text
- 5. Layout guidelines of a letter
- 6. The business letter should contain Date Inside address Salutation or Greeting Body of Letter Closing Signature,
- 7. Date - Standard Letterhead The format is date / month / year Example: 11 June 2007
- 8. Inside Address (International) The address should come three lines below the dateline. Recipient’s name Business title
- 9. 11 June 2007 Mr Tom Tobiason and Ms Heidi Moore Microsoft Corporation 10 Eddystone Ct Redwood
- 10. Salutation Insert Salutation three spaces below the last line of the inside address When we use
- 11. Salutation Within the address, when referring to the receiver please include both first and surname (as
- 12. 11 June 2007 Mr Tom Tobiason and Ms Heidi Moore 10 Eddystone Ct Redwood City CA
- 13. Reference Line When the letter runs longer than one page the reference line should be repeated
- 14. Body of the Letter Must be clear and concise, be specific and to the point Should
- 15. Closing – Formal Letter Included after the last paragraph of a letter, leaving one space Advised
- 16. Valediction – Formal Letter Example Example: 11 June 2007 Mr Tom Tobiason and Ms Heidi Moore
- 17. Valediction - Yours sincerely In British English, valedictions, especially formal ones, have largely been replaced by
- 18. Valedictions – Yours faithfully "Yours faithfully" is used when the recipient is not addressed by name
- 19. Valedictions Commonly appearing in the US as "Yours truly," or "Yours very truly," use in the
- 20. Valedictions – Regards Increasingly common in business usage, "Regards," is often used as a semi-formal valediction
- 21. Signature - Standard Letterhead The sender’s signature is included after closing, allowing four spaces in between
- 22. Typist’s Initials If the letter is typed by someone other than the sender, the initials of
- 23. Attachment (ATT:) If you are attaching general documentation e.g. a newspaper article, use ATT (Attachment) Example:
- 24. Carbon Copy (cc:) If the letter is being sent to people other than the recipient, it
- 25. Spelling, punctuation & numbers
- 26. Spelling Any collateral that is written and printed on behalf of Four Seasons Resorts Maldives should
- 27. Punctuation and Spacing No Comma after ‘and’ One space after a Comma and a Full Stop
- 28. Punctuation and Spacing (cont.) Hyphen (-) is used both to join specific words in specific cases:
- 29. Numbers We must use International Style Numbering When referring to Indian Currency, use the term ‘INR’
- 30. Numbers (cont.) No more than two decimal places Percent: always use %, leaving a space before
- 31. Units of Measurement Measurements should be listed in metric first, followed by imperial in parentheses; Example:
- 32. Dates and Times 24 hour clock is acceptable 9:00 pm (not 9:00 p.m. or 9:00pm or
- 33. When listing opening hours, first day of the week is Sunday (not Monday), if Sunday hours
- 34. Dates and Times (cont.) May to September (NOT May – Sept) Avoid abbreviating months Example: Use
- 35. Telephone Numbers and Addresses Telephone number format: country code + (city/area/region code) + local number Example:
- 36. Example 11 June 2007 Mr Tom Tobiason 10 Eddystone Ct Redwood City CA 94065 USA Dear
- 37. Emails
- 38. Etiquette-Top 10 Professionalism counts! Title in the subject line ‘Need to know’ rule Keep it to
- 39. Email Use Guidelines Addressing Ensure your company name is on the email letterhead When an email
- 40. Replying Determine if an email requires a response before replying to it Make sure to include
- 41. Attachments Type text messages directly into an email Text attachments should be limited to contracts or
- 42. E-mail Guidelines Use the following plain text format to list your contact information: Example: Warm regards
- 43. E-mail Guidelines Whenever you send an e-mail message, please: “Sign” the message with your name, although
- 44. Six Rules of Email Concise – don’t use unnecessary words Correct – accurate, no mistakes Complete
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