atw: Re: Australian Standards for Letters

The reason for AusPost's pernickety addressing standards is the optical
character recognition their mail sorting systems use to direct mail when the
mail hits the sorting depots.

Regards;
Warren

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Subject: atw: Re: Australian Standards for Letters

>Question 1 - Does anyone know where I can find Australian Standards for 
>the layout and presentation of letters (correspondence).

Interestingly enough, the German standard relating to this very thing was
for several decades DIN's (German Institute for Standardization)
best-seller. (I learned this by looking at the display at the DIN's
headquarters; I can't find a web reference.) So naturally I thought
Australia would have one. However, enquiries of SAI Global, including a
phone call, suggest that there is no such standard. I suggest that you trawl
their website yourself and ring them, to double-check.

I note Brian's sad comments (quaintly phrased in terms of an obsolete unit
of measure). Still, if want to have a go as browbeating fossilesque
colleagues, you could refer to Australia Post. They don't make standards but
they are explicit on at least how to set out the address; see
http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2092~MO19,00.html.


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