From the course: Editing and Proofreading Made Simple
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- There's a time and a place to let your creative side out, but not when you're formatting your business correspondence. Professional letters should be self-evident, a cover letter should look like a cover letter. Think about the hiring manager, staring down at a pile of cover letters, the ones that are most easily overlooked or passed over, are the ones that fail the visual inspection. You want to stand out for the right reasons, poorly formatted correspondence isn't one of them. Take a look at how a different font choice, or odd spacing and margins, or the amount of text, can impact the look of your writing. Think of the written format as a presentation, and take best advantage of the space given, like this. Let's discuss proper formatting using a cover letter, since they're a common professional document. The idea of using a set format can help you create emails, newsletters, memos and other pieces of written communication too. If I'm writing a letter, I know certain elements need…
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