INTERNATIONAL FORMATTING Keyboarding & document processing 1

Objectives 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 use Word’s insert symbol feature. Correctly format a letter, a table, and an message with dot-style telephone number and international telephone access codes. 2

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. 3

METRIC PAPER SIZE A4 Metric Paper 4

INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS IN LETTERS it’s becoming more common with the increased popularity of the internet and frequently requires changes to the address lines. 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. 5

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DAY/MONTH/YEAR FORMAT In international correspondence, the date line is often formatted in this sequence : Day, month, year. 7

FORMATTING INTERNATIONAL URLs. Uniform Resource Locators (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. 8

FORMATTING INTERNATIONAL URLs. 9

WORD PROCESSING: SYMBOL - INSERT 10 Accents and other marks are used in many languages to indicate how words should be pronounced. ApplicationSymbol Yucatáná Quertèroè Garcíaí Torreónó

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, e.g Another format used in other countries, is to replace the hyphens with periods without spaces, e.g

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE ACCESS CODES 12 Special access are needed to make a phone call from one country to another. To make an international call: 1. Dial the IDD (international Direct Dialing) code first. 2. Then dial the country code for the country you are calling. 3. Next the area code (if any). 4. And finally the telephone number. Example:

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