business letter line spacing

Proper Spacing for Business Letters Pen and the Pad. Type your salutation one inch below the last line of the recipient's address. Use the same courtesy title you used in the inside address. If you are writing to someone whose name you don't know, "Dear Personnel Manager (or other job title)" and "Dear Sir or Madam" are acceptable, as is "Dear Acme Widget Corpora… See more

Address. City, state ZIP (two spaces between state and ZIP) (space two lines) Dear __________: (This is the salutation.) (space two lines) (This is the body or text of the letter — lines single.