1. Guidelines for Business Letters

2. Personal Business Letter (Block Style)
Basic Parts
Return Address
Date
Letter Address
Salutation
Body
Complimentary Close
Name of Writer

3. Personal Business Letter
Margins
1” side margins
2” top margin or may be centered vertically with Center Page feature
1” bottom margin
Special Parts
Reference Initials
Attachments
Enclosure notation(s)

4. Formal Business Letter (Modified Block Style)
Basic Parts
Letterhead
Date
Letter Address
Salutation
Body
Complimentary Close
Name of Writer

5. Business Letter Special Parts
mailing notations (certified, registered, special delivery, confidential, personal)
attention line
subject line
copy notation
postscript

6. Second-Page Headings
Single Line Heading
Multiple-Line Heading