Hi Michael
Perhaps this is stating the obvious, but when I write any form of
communication, my rules are to pay attention to spelling and grammar, sign
off with yours faithfully if it is to dear sir or madam, or yours sincerely
if it is dear name. Finally, I make sure that if the yours faithfully or
sincerely is going to land on page two, then I adjust the content of the
first page to ensure that at least one line of the contents goes onto the
second page. I was always taught never to send a letter with yours
faithfully or sincerely and your name alone on page two. I use Arial font
size 12 with a normal Word template.
Not sure if this makes sense or helps, but there you go.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace
Skype: Thejackmate
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Michael A Ray
Sent: 08 May 2014 09:52
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Formal letter writing and the correct format
Good point David. I created a document with nothing but line numbers
down the left side and with 12-point font and the default page template
in OpenOffice, there are 52 lines per page.
On 08/05/2014 08:26, David W Wood wrote:
Hi Mike
In Word, using the default style sheet with one inch header and footer,
using 12 point, there are 45 lines on a page.
If you have a laser printer and you use a reasonable quality paper, you
may
be able to feel the layout on the page.
HTH
ATB
David W Wood
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Michael A Ray
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 4:11 AM
To: Access-UK
Subject: [access-uk] Formal letter writing and the correct format
Hello lovely listers,
It's a long time since I have had to write any formal letters using a
computer. Not since I lost my sight in fact.
Having the need to write one in the next twenty-four hours or so I went
searching online for tips.
As I remembered, one piece of advice is to centre the letter
vertically. In other words not to print a very short letter which does
not fill a page of A4 with the text at the top and tons of open space
below.
Does anybody have any tips for getting this part right? I am using
Apache OpenOffice and I am not yet very familiar with it's functions.
And I suspect the more advanced among you can probably tell me how many
lines of default font will fit vertically on one side of A4.
Mike
