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    Letter Style

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    The document describes different styles for formatting business letters, including full block, semi-block, indented, hanging indented, simplified, and modified block styles. Full block style aligns all text with the left margin. Semi-block places the date line at the right of center and keeps other elements flush left. Indented style indents some elements like the return address and keeps paragraphs indented. Hanging indented indents all lines of a paragraph except the first. Simplified style omits salutation and complimentary close when the recipient is unknown. Modified block is similar to full block but indents the return address, date, closing, and signature slightly right of center.

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    Letter Style

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    The document describes different styles for formatting business letters, including full block, semi-block, indented, hanging indented, simplified, and modified block styles. Full block style aligns all text with the left margin. Semi-block places the date line at the right of center and keeps other elements flush left. Indented style indents some elements like the return address and keeps paragraphs indented. Hanging indented indents all lines of a paragraph except the first. Simplified style omits salutation and complimentary close when the recipient is unknown. Modified block is similar to full block but indents the return address, date, closing, and signature slightly right of center.

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    The document describes different styles for formatting business letters, including full block, semi-block, indented, hanging indented, simplified, and modified block styles. Full block style aligns all text with the left margin. Semi-block places the date line at the right of center and keeps other elements flush left. Indented style indents some elements like the return address and keeps paragraphs indented. Hanging indented indents all lines of a paragraph except the first. Simplified style omits salutation and complimentary close when the recipient is unknown. Modified block is similar to full block but indents the return address, date, closing, and signature slightly right of center.

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    Letter Style

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    Potpot Solis Dacpano
    The document describes different styles for formatting business letters, including full block, semi-block, indented, hanging indented, simplified, and modified block styles. Full block style aligns all text with the left margin. Semi-block places the date line at the right of center and keeps other elements flush left. Indented style indents some elements like the return address and keeps paragraphs indented. Hanging indented indents all lines of a paragraph except the first. Simplified style omits salutation and complimentary close when the recipient is unknown. Modified block is similar to full block but indents the return address, date, closing, and signature slightly right of center.

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    Diferent styles of writing business letters

    Full block style


    In full block style all the elements of the letter, on the page are aligned fush
    with the left margin. Full block is the easiest format to use and it produces a
    clean-looking page. It's also common.
    Full block style is a letter format in which all text is justied to the left margin. In
    block letter style, standard punctuation is placed after salutations and in other
    headings.
    Semi block style
    !his letter style places the date line in alignment with, or slightly to the right of
    dead center.
    "imilar to full block, semi-block places the inside address, salutation and any
    end notations fush with the left margin.!he complimentary close and signature
    block are aligned under the date.
    Indented style
    #etter that is justied at the left margin, except for a few elements, !hese
    elements include the return address, the reference line, closing, signature and
    printed name. !hese elements are indented by $e spaces to the right .
    Indented style is somewhat more complicated than other popular styles of
    business writing.In indented style, new paragraphs in a piece of writing are
    indented. %ther parts of a business letter are mo$ed farther to the right half of
    the page.
    Hanging Indented style
    !he rst line of the paragraph begins at the left-hand margin. &nd the other
    lines of the same paragraph are indented three to four spaces. !his is the
    re$ersal of semi-indented style discussed in other page.!his style is $ery rarely
    used. !he rst line of the paragraph begins at the left-hand margin. &nd the
    other lines of the same paragraph are indented three to four spaces.
    Simplifed style
    !his style is used when you write a letter and you do not know the name and
    title of the person to whom you are writing the letter. !he salutation and the
    complimentary closing are not used in this style.
    !his is another modication of the fully-blocked style. !his style is used when
    you write a letter and you do not know the name and title of the person to whom
    you are writing the letter. !he subject is mentioned din capital fonts and that
    subject need not be underlined.
    modifed block
    & modied block business letter is a letter that uses a format that is slightly
    di'erent from the full block letter. !he return address, date, complimentary
    closing and the signature line are put slightly to the right of the paper's centre.
    In addition, these letters are the most common in organi(ations.
    & modied block business letter is a letter that uses a format that is slightly
    di'erent from the full block letter. !he return address, date, complimentary
    closing and the signature line are put slightly to the right of the paper's centre.
    full block style
    Full block style
    simplieed style indented style
    )anging Indented style indented style
    "emi block style
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