LETTER FORMATS

Question 1

• Every line begins at the left margin
• saves typing time because each line starts at the left margin

Answer 1

full-blocked letter style

Question 2

• also called as modified blocked
• arranged with the dateline, complimentary closing, & company signature, and the writer’s identification typed at the horizontal center (right) of the page

Answer 2

blocked letter style

Question 3

• a style in which the first lines of the inside address and the complimentary closing and the second and succeeding lines are indented, usually in a series of 5-space steps.
• The first line of each paragraph is also indented

Answer 3

indented letter style

Question 4

• similar to the block style with the exception that the second and all other paragraph lines are indented for ten spaces
• the first line of each paragraph is not indented
• often used in writing sales letter as attention-getter

Answer 4

hanging-indented letter style

Question 5

• similar to the full-blocked style
• salutation and complimentary closing are omitted
• subject and the writer’s identification lines are always typed in capital letters
• listings in the message are indented five spaces except when the items in the listing are numbered or lettered
• when the items are identified by letters or numbers, they are blocked
• no period are used after the numbers or letters

Answer 5

simplified letter style

Question 6

• same as blocked letter style (where everything is right aligned) but there is an indentation in the 1st line of every paragraph the body

Answer 6

semi blocked style