Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Businees and Academic Report

The purpose of a business report is to present and analyze information. Business reports have 3 main parts that include: the front matter, body, and back matter. In the front matter you have the title page and the table of contents. The body is the main information, and the back matter has end notes and a bibliography. For the format you use default side and bottom margins, and change the top margin to two inches. You also have to use headers and footers to display page numbers, the date, and other information. The title page never has a header or footer.
What are the three main parts of a business report? The three main parts of a business letter include the front matter, the body, and the back matter. What are three guidelines that you should remember when formatting a business report? The three guidelines that you should remember include: using default side and bottom margins, setting the top margin to two inches, and using headers and footers to display the name of the report, the date, etc.
The purpose of an academic report is to present information or to inform. The main parts of an academic research report include the tile and introduction, the body, and the conclusion. Academic reports should have a Works cited page, which lists information for every source that you use to write the report. To do an academic research report in Modern Language Association format you have to follow certain guidelines, those guidelines are: set all margins to one inch, double-space entire report, indent the first line of every paragraph, create a heading, center the title, and right align your last name and the page number in the header.
What information should be displayed in an academic report’s header? In an academic report’s header you must include your name, the name of the class and teacher, and the date in the top left of the page. Why do you think that the MLA recommends double-spacing an academic report? I think we double space so that the report does not look crowded on the page or maybe so that we can edit it easier.
Business and academic reports are the same because they both have two inch top margins, but academic have two inch margins all around. Also, academic reports have to be double-spaced and business reports don't have to be. Academic reports have to be in MLA format, while business letters have their own kind of format.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Mail Merge

Mail merge allows you to mass produce letters, envelopes, mailing labels, and other documents so that they appear to be personalized. An example of mail merge would be when a company to trying to send letters out to all of its customers. The company would need mail merge so that they don't have to constantly type each letter.