Library of Formatting Examples:Correspondence
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The typical components of a letter are the "heading," "greeting" (or "salutation"), "body," "complimentary closing," and "signature" (with an occasional P.S.). The heading, which typically includes an address and date, and may be center-right aligned, needs to be in no-wrap. If the greeting is on its own line, it also may need to be in (a shared) no-wrap; if it needs inline formatting and is followed by a comma or colon, that punctuation goes outside the markup. The closing and signature usually have non-standard alignment and need to be in (a shared) no-wrap. If they are on the same line, we usually change that to separate lines. When a letter is being presented in a book, there may be an identifying title that is not part of the letter, so if the letter needs to be in a block quote, that identifier should not be in the block quote.
Before reviewing these examples, make sure you are familiar with the Letters/Correspondence section of the Formatting Guidelines.
Contents
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- 00A: Heading and closing; shared no-wraps; major or minor division?
- 01A: Block quotes and no-wrap; greetings; closings
- 01B: Block quotes and no-wrap; greetings; closings
- 02A: Block quotes; openings/closings
- 03A: Block quotes
- 04A: Block quotes
- 05A: Closings; signatures