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INTERNATIONAL FORMATTING

Keyboarding & document processing

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Objectives

Language art of using a comma.Correctly use Word’s paper size.Correctly format a letter and a table on metric

paper.Correctly format a letter with an international

address and a date line using the day/month/year format .

Correctly format international URLs.Correctly format a letter, a table, and an email

message with dot-style telephone number and international telephone access codes.

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Word’s paper size

Metric Paper size :Paper size for correspondence in the United

States is typically 8.5 by 11 inches.Correspondence in most foreign countries is

often formatted on metric-sized paper.The most popular of these is called A4 paper.

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Word’s paper size

A4 Metric Paper

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format a letter with an international address

International Addresses in Letters:

The most technologically efficient formats for international addresses will be used, including the use of all-caps and the name of the country spelled out as the last entry of the address

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format a letter with an international address

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Day/Month/Year Format

In international correspondence, the date line is often formatted in this sequence :Day,month,year.

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Day/Month/Year Format

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format international URLs.

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs):URLs identify a site on the World Wide Web

where specific information can be found.An abbreviation for a country is often

included in the URL.

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format international URLs.

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Dot-style telephone numbers

In the United States, hyphens are used in telephone number.

A Hyphen is used after the 3-digit area code and after the first 3 digits of the telephone number.

Ex: 701-555-1234Another format used in other countries, is to

replace the hyphens with periods without spaces.Ex: 701.555.4832

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International telephone access codes

Special access are needed to make a phone call from one country to another.

To make an international call, dial the IDD (international Direct Dialing) code first.

Then dial the country code for the country you are calling, next the area code.

An finally the telephone number.Ex: +1 -323-555-8923

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International telephone access codes