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        2002A Professional Letter
 A Webtask
        for adult learners
 
 If you are
        new to WORD, click on the arrows below to complete a title page and a
        table in WORD. When you finish, come back here and complete this
        task.  Title
        Page    Table 
          Read
            over your rubrics (self-evaluation) for this task before you go on. Click on the arrow, and use the  BACK  button
            on your browser to return to this page.   WORD is a great program
            for you to practice writing. It will help you type and edit your
            work. Have fun!
         In this Webtask, you
            will open a letter template (form). You will write a letter to a
        company asking to be considered for a job.
             Activity
            1- Open and save a template
         Open WORD. [Remember that
        you can go between two programs on a PC using the ALT
        + Tab keys.] Open
        a NEW document - FILE ->New. A panel will open to give you some choices. 
 Click
        on GENERAL TEMPLATE. A new panel will
        appear. It will have TABS at the top. Click on the Letters
        & Faxes tab. 
 Click
        on PROFESSIONAL LETTER and
        OK. SAVE
            YOUR WORK as "yourinitialsproletter.doc."
        For example, if Bob Barley were
        saving his work, he would save it as "bbproletter.doc." As for
        help if you need it. Save your work on your desktop or folder, if you
        have one. Activity
            2 - Insert company information When
        do you want to send a professional letter? If you are sending your
        resume to a business, you definitely want to send a professional letter.
        Let's assume you are applying for a job. You are sending your resume to
        a business. That resume should have your letter introducing yourself and
        your resume. Step
        1:
        Click in the box that says "Company Name
        Here." Type "Bob Barley" in the box unless you
        have a business name yourself. If
        you need to, select the old text and delete it.  Step
        2: Click in the "address" box next to
        your name.
        Write ...
        
         6789 Number StreetCortez, CO 8i321
 
 Step
        3: The
        date should be automatically inserted for you. If not, type in the date.
        Next type the name of the person you are writing. Write that person's
        job title, the name of the company and the address. See text below... 
        Mr. Jeff
        JeffersonManager
 Nelson Construction
 730 East Alamo Street
 Job City, CO 88888
 Step 4:
            After "Dear..." write
            Mr. Jefferson: Dear Mr. Jefferson:
              
 SAVE
            YOUR WORK!
         Activity
            3: Write the letter.
         Step 1:
        Select the text in the paragraph that
        follows and delete it. Write...
         
          Attached
          is my resume. I am responding to your job announcement for a
          carpenter. I have been a carpenter for four years, but I’ve been
          building things since I was five. I hope you will consider me for the
          job you have open. I can give you references to support the quality of
          my work. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Please
          let me know if I can provide any additional information. Step 2:
        Click in the brackets below
        "Sincerely." Type...
         
          Bob
          Barley
         Step 3:
            If you have a title and work for a company, insert that information
            below your name. SAVE
            YOUR WORK!
         Click on the arrow to open
        the model letter for this task.   PRINT YOUR LETTER,
            SIGN IT, AND PLACE IT IN YOUR PORTFOLIO.
  
             Activity
            3: Write the letter
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            TO MATH ACTIVITY  
              Complete
            the Rubrics, print and date the Rubrics page, and place it in your
            folder.   Congratulations!
        You have completed your task!  
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