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vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Addressee | The person to whom you are sending the memorandum |
Attachment notations | indicates that another document is attached to a letter |
Block format | all parts of the letter (including paragraphs) begin at the left margin |
Body | the paragraphs that make up the main message |
Columbus | information arranged vertically |
Complimentary close | is the closing or the farewell of the letter |
an electronic message used by individuals to communicate with one another | |
Enclosure notation | indicates that another document is enclosed with a letter |
Hard return | a code entered into a document by pressing the enter key that indicates the end of a paragraph or sentence |
Letter address | the address to which the letter is being sent |
Memorandum (memo) | a written message used by individuals within an organization to communicate with one another |
Mixed punctuation | a punctuation style for letters in which there is a colon followers the salutation/greeting and a comma follows the complimentary closing |
Open punctuation | a punctuation style for letters in which there is no punctuation following the salutation complimentary close the letter |
Proofreader's marks | symbols used to indicate errors that need correcting when rekeying copy |
Reference initials | indicate who keyed the document |
Reference list | authors cited in report are listed alphabetically by author surnames at the end of the report (often on a separate page) under the heading REFERENCES,BIBLIOLOGHY or WORKS CITED |
Return address | the address of the person sending the letter |
Salutation | the greeting of the letter |
Soft return | a return that the application inserts automatically when you reach the end of a line |
Source document | copy from you which are keying |
Subject line | alerts the reader immediately to the content of the document |
Table | a grid of rows and columns that intersect to forms cells into which information can be typed |
Textual citations | parentheses used in the report body to give credit(cite) to authors for quotes taken from their works |
Unbound reports | short reports that are often prepared without covers and binders and if longer than one page is usually fastened together in the upper left corner by a staple paper clip |
Writer | the author of the document |