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- .. More verbose letter example.
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- .ju on
- .dt
- .as
- SoftFocus
- Jon Simkins
- 1343 Stanbury Dr.,
- Oakville, Ontario
- L6L 2J5
- .ae
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- This is a fairly conventional letter example. The above commands will
- write the current date in the upper right corner of the page and
- redirect the address information to the file called (surprise!) address
- which the program (surprise again!) _address_ can write on a letter.
-
- We usually justify our letters because our letterhead is bordered and
- an aligned right margin looks really snazzy.
-
- .ju off
- Generally, it is considered better to have a ragged right margin in a
- letter
- as this
- gives a more personal appearance. _letter_ will support either, as you
- can see from this paragraph. Also note that the
- actual physical layout of your
- raw letter is not important.
-
- .ju on
- Bullet lists are popular for:
- .sp
- .in +5
- .rm -5
- .ti -2
- o~Listing a group of salient points regarding a subject.
- .br
- .ti -2
- o~Giving any document a more terse and professional look, even if it
- later gets really verbose and drones on endlessly something like this point.
- .br
- .ti -2
- o~Any person that thinks the last bullet point is stupid should try thinking
- up exciting examples of business letters!
- .sp
- .in -5
- .rm +5
- .ti +3
- Some writers like to indent paragraphs, others may not. Both styles are
- acceptable these days. _Underlining_ and ^boldface^
- are best used sparingly.
-
- Here's the easy way to close a letter!
- .sp 2
- .sg Jon Simkins
- .sp 2
- ps: But don't forget to sign it!
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