1) Business Letter Guidelines – page WD 175

i. Date Line

1. Month, Day, Year

2. Place 2 – 6 lines below letterhead

ii.Inside Address

1. Courtesy title + full name

i. Example: “Professor Sue Chin” for PhD teacher at a University

2. Business affiliation

3. Full address

4. Place 3 – 8 lines below date line

iii. Salutation

1. Place 2 lines below address

iv. Message

1. Place 2 lines below salutation

2. Line spacing: Single

3. Paragraph spacing: Double

v. Complimentary close

1. Place 2 lines below message text

2. Capitalize only the first word in the complimentary close

vi. Signature Block

1. Place 4 lines below message text (allow room to sign)