2 Parts of a Business Letter – Business Letters for Busy People [Book]

CHAPTER 2Parts of a Business Letter

There are many parts to the business letter — some required, some optional. This chapter will review those parts and their order. The parts of the business letter follow:

1. Letterhead or Heading

2. Date

3. File Number (optional)

4. Confidential (optional)

5. Inside Address

6. Attention Line (optional)

7. Salutation (optional)

8. Subject Line (optional)

9. Body of the Letter

10. Complimentary Close (optional)

11. Signature

12. Added Information (optional)

13. Postscript (optional)

14. Mailing Instructions (optional)

Letterhead

Most business letters originating from a firm are written on the firm’s letterhead. If you are writing a personal business letter or your firm does not use letterhead, then you need to …