creating a business letter

The Big Picture:
You will learn and understand what features are required and how they are used to create a professional business letter.

Learning Objectives:
1.What is a business letter and examples
2.Understand the key features of a business style letter
3.Demonstrate skills an ability to create a business letter
4. Know how to create a Mail Merge

Learning Outcomes:
Produce a suitable business style letter that demonstrates the various features.

Success Criteria:

1. Make a letter
   
2. Include business features
   
3. Include Business Language 
4. Assess with a peer
   
5. Make suitable improvements to the letter

Resources

Starter: click here

Overview
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Bad Example
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Good Example
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Create a signature here

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Creating a Mail Merge:
A Mail Merge is a method of combining together a letter and all the contact details of the recipients. Basically the Mail Merge enters in, automatically, all the addresses, names and dates

Watch the video below to see how it is done:

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Download the two files and practice your own Mail Merge, use the video to help you.

Letter
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Data
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Now complete the letter in Task three using the data provided and a Mail Merge

TIPS

• Save a copy of your old letter
  
• Save a copy of the letter with the Merge Fields (before the mail merge)
  
• Save a copy of the letter when the Mail Merge has completed
  
• Screen shot the process and use this with a written description to explain what you did and HOW you did it.