Top Margin: 2"
Left Margin: 1"
Format paragraph: Line Spacing: exactly 12pt

The text should be typed in this order:

1 [date]
2 [blank]
3 [name]
4 [company]
5 [address]
6 [city, state, ZIP]
7 [blank]
8 [Dear XXXX,]

This will place the address in the window.

If your address is only three lines, you may see the greeting in the window. Also, the first line of the body will be above the fold.

Generally that's bad form. Only the greeting should be above the fold. That way the mail can be properly routed without the opener reading personal or private information. Adjust with a blank line after the address if necessary.

The folding should be in a Z, not like a inward folding brochure. The top panel should stick 1/4" above, the bottom panel 1/4 below the middle panel. This makes it easy to flip open the letter with one hand. When the panels are overlapped exactly, it requires two hands.

Properly preparing letters is a lost art. I wish more job applicants (and businesses!) would go back to typing classes with manual typewriters.

Best of luck.

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