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Today almost all the business communities recognize with one consent the significance of essential communicating skills，for all business activities rely on the satisfactory exchange of information. Although formality in business letter-writing is rapidly giving way to a less conventional and more friendly style，the layout of a letter still follows more or less a set pattern determined by customs. Though choice of layout is a matter of individual taste，yet it is safer to follow those established practice to which the business circle has got used，in order to avoid confusion and save time for both the addresser and the addressee. It is a good plan to adopt one form of layout and stick to it.
Basically，two main patterns of layout are in current use—the conventional indented style and the modern blocked style. As indented style，the first line of each paragraph is indented，and the subject line is put on the center. The blocked style has now come to be much more widely used than before，because it is compact and tidy. Its outstanding characteristic is that all typing lines，including those for date，inside name and address，salutation，subject heading and complimentary close，begin at the left-hand margin and paragraphs are not indented. There are double spaces between paragraphs.
1. Indented Form （缩进式）
2. Blocked Form （齐头式）
