ymbol like a bullet or an arrow showing the way you want your reader go.

White is good; utilize the white space on your page.

Use simple, clear fonts sized to 12 points.

Use headings, subheadings, and/or symbols to help organize lengthy or complicated documents.

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Images transmitted through the eye give us our first impression of everything we encounter. So, a letter, a memo, an email, or any other type of correspondence gives the receiver an immediate impression from professional to unprofessional, from interesting to boring, from tasteful to gaudy, etc.

Some companies require that all correspondences have a particular style and format. If yours does not, you should develop your own.

When we first look at a sheet of paper containing words, our first action, for a split second, is to run our eyes over the entire paper. We perform this scan without actually reading any words. We take in the sheet as a whole, seeing it as a single piece before we begin to look at it in parts. In this moment, we question: "Am I going to read this?" "Is this going to be interesting?" Then from just the "look" of the document, we form an opinion.

Don't lose your reader in that one split second! Use formats and visual impact to your advantage.

The positioning of your written information on the page will help emphasize to your reader the importance of what you are communicating. Don't bury vital or fine points in a sea of words.

These tips will help make your page more visually interesting and easier to reference:

• Indent over, breaking that visual line. Add an eye-catching symbol like a bullet or an arrow showing the way you want your reader go.
• White is good; utilize the white space on your page.
• Use simple, clear fonts sized to 12 points.
• Use headings, subheadings, and/or symbols to help organize lengthy or complicated documents.

What about using color in yo

rrespondences have a particular style and format. If yours does not, you should develop your own.

When we first look at a sheet of paper containing words, our first action, for a split second, is to run our eyes over the entire paper. We perform this scan without actually reading any words. We take in the sheet as a whole, seeing it as a single piece before we begin to look at it in parts. In this moment, we question: "Am I going to read this?" "Is this going to be interesting?" Then from just the "look" of the document, we form an opinion.

Don't lose your reader in that one split second! Use formats and visual impact to your advantage.

The positioning of your written information on the page will help emphasize to your reader the importance of what you are communicating. Don't bury vital or fine points in a sea of words.

These tips will help make your page more visually interesting and easier to reference:

• Indent over, breaking that visual line. Add an eye-catching symbol like a bullet or an arrow showing the way you want your reader go.
• White is good; utilize the white space on your page.
• Use simple, clear fonts sized to 12 points.
• Use headings, subheadings, and/or symbols to help organize lengthy or complicated documents.

What about using color in y

it as a single piece before we begin to look at it in parts. In this moment, we question: "Am I going to read this?" "Is this going to be interesting?" Then from just the "look" of the document, we form an opinion.

Don't lose your reader in that one split second! Use formats and visual impact to your advantage.

The positioning of your written information on the page will help emphasize to your reader the importance of what you are communicating. Don't bury vital or fine points in a sea of words.

These tips will help make your page more visually interesting and easier to reference:

• Indent over, breaking that visual line. Add an eye-catching symbol like a bullet or an arrow showing the way you want your reader go.
• White is good; utilize the white space on your page.
• Use simple, clear fonts sized to 12 points.
• Use headings, subheadings, and/or symbols to help organize lengthy or complicated documents.

What about using color in y

g of your written information on the page will help emphasize to your reader the importance of what you are communicating. Don't bury vital or fine points in a sea of words.

These tips will help make your page more visually interesting and easier to reference:

• Indent over, breaking that visual line. Add an eye-catching symbol like a bullet or an arrow showing the way you want your reader go.
• White is good; utilize the white space on your page.
• Use simple, clear fonts sized to 12 points.
• Use headings, subheadings, and/or symbols to help organize lengthy or complicated documents.

What about using color in y

ymbol like a bullet or an arrow showing the way you want your reader go.

White is good; utilize the white space on your page.

Use simple, clear fonts sized to 12 points.

Use headings, subheadings, and/or symbols to help organize lengthy or complicated documents.

What about using color in your business correspondences? For formal business letters, black print is still the rule. Color for visual effect is desirable in the letterhead, but not in the text.

Other letters, such as sales letters, are acceptable with color to emphasize points and add excitement. The same is true for splashy fonts.

Borders may be used on the side or at the top and bottom of formal business letters on the first page only in lieu of letterhead. Some graphics, such as small graphs and charts, may be used in formal business letters. However, graphics such as those that come from clipart collections are considered bad taste in formal letters.