COMMUNICATION PART 5

TYPES AND SIZES OF

STATIONERY AND THEIR USES

MRS J. LEWIN
 STATIONERY

All offices require stationery for routine

clerical activites. Stationery consists
specifically of materials that are
associated with writing, printing, copying
and note taking - envelopes,forms,
labels, message pads, files, folders,
pens, pencils and erasers.
 TYPES AND QUALITIES OF PAPER
Bond paper is ahigh-quality paper usually with
a gloss or watermark to indicate the right side .
It is generally used for letterheads and memo
forms and to print the original of almost any
document or correspondence.

Parchment paper is a heavy quality paper

resembling materials that is made from the skin
of sheep or goat, which is used For preparing
handwritten works For presentation and printing
certificates .
 PAPER ORIENTATION

If the short side of the paper is at the top , the

paper is described has been in portrait
orientation . If the long side of the paper is
at that top , then the paper is in the
landscape orientation.
 TYPES AND QUALITIES OF PAPER
NCR (No carbon required ) Paper is
thinner than bond paper but thicker
than bank and is not of a high quality .
It is always in sets of twos. The back
of the first sheet and the front off this
second sheet are chemically treated
in order to facilitate copying without
having to make use of carbon paper .
It is used for forms , bills and
receipts .
PAPER ORIENTATION
 PAPER SIZES

Paper size refers to the

measurements of the
paper. The size of paper
generally used for
stationary And printing is
the International
Organisation for
Standards (ISO) A
Series, eg A4.
 PAPER SIZES

The A5
paper size is
half of the
A4 paper
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