atw: Re: Australian Standards for Letters

Hi Jazz
I'm interested in your suggestion that the Plain English Foundation (www.plainenglishfoundation.com ) developed standards for letter layout.
I'm guessing you mean the Australian organisation, based in Sydney, and headed by the excellent Neil James (author of Writing at Work)?
If we're talking about the same organisation, then I doubt that this is the source, because of timing. The characteristics you mention - no indents and 'open' punctuation - were very common (and named) well before the Plain English Foundation came into being.
And I can't find anything on their website about a particular focus on letter layout.
But maybe you're referring to another organisation, maybe in another country? 

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Ros Byrne
WORDS THAT WORK
Training & Coaching in Workplace Communication
http://www.canberra.edu.au/pmp/program/courses/words-work




On 30/10/2008, at 9:26 AM, Jasmine Andrews wrote:
Back to the initial query on the source of standards for letter writing, I think that this style was developed by the Plain English Foundation. They set out standards for the layout (no indents)and (minimal) puncuation as well as language. 

Jazz


On 29/10/2008, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks all,
That should give me some reading in my spare time.
Bob T


2008/10/29 Jasmine Andrews <jasminethetrainer@xxxxxxxxx>
Barcode printing software from Oz post converts the delivery point ID to a barcode. http://www.auspost.com.au/GAC_File_Metafile/0,,3773_2008_customer_barcode_technical_specifications,00.pdf We (a government dept) use the software to verify standard addresses (QAS) but don't use the barcode printing at our level - that bit gets done by the almighty Businesslink. 

Jasmine

On 29/10/2008, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does anyone know how to type the barcode that is often above or below the typed address? 

Just wondering.
Bob T


2008/10/28 Daryl Colquhoun <atw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Brian - me sad? No.
A transferred epithet. Your comments about the TAFE nonagenarians induce sadness. Not that I've anything against nonagenarians; one day I hope to be one.
The point about envelope addressing is that it can carry through to the address on the letter itself. (This is how your argument to the nonagenarians will run.) For a start, the addressing may as well be the same in both places. But if you're using window-faced envelopes, the letter address _is_ the envelope address.
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