Arrangement and Punctuation Styles

Prepared by: Asst. Prof. B. L. Orias

 Full-Blocked
 Simplified
 Blocked (Modified Block)
 Semi-blocked (Modified Block
with Indented Paragraphs)
 Indented
 Hanging-Indented (Inverted
Paragraph)
 All the parts begin
at the left margin.
 This style saves
encoding because
each line starts at
left margin.
 Legal firms/depts.
prefer to use the
Latin terms Re or
In Re instead of
Subject.
 AMS-NOMA
develops &
advocates the use
 Sl. & cc., omitted
 Subj.& writer’s
identif all caps
 Listings in msg
indented 5 spaces
 To save time
 Position of the ff:
changes; dateline,
cc, co. sig.,
writer’s identif.
 Start horizontal
center page
 Date aligned-end
of right margin,
subj., al maybe
centered/indente
d 5-10 spaces
 Same with block
only first of each
paragraph
indented 5-10
spaces.
 Oldest style
 1st of each
paragraph, 2nd &
succeeding lines of
each part of letter
indented in a series
of 5-space steps.
 Dateline maybe
center/end at right
hand margin
 Most time-
consuming
 Not widely used,
ads/sales letters
(reader’s attention)
 Similar to blocked
style except 2nd & all
other paragraph
lines indented 5/10
spaces
 1st line of each
paragraph not
indented
 OPEN
no punctuation to be
used-message
 STANDARD (MIXED)
sl & cc w/punctuation
 CLOSED
punctuation appears
end of every line of
every part, least used