I do know that the post office prefers all caps - but I think there is a
subtlety to that. I used Stamps.com (via Virtual PC) for printing on-line
postage. When they print an address the address is real-time checked
against a master database of valid addresses. It is then printed in
standard upper/lower case on the front of the envelope with a full ZIP plus
4 bar code. The bar code is then used for the rest if the automatic sorting
to get the letter to its destination.
So I conclude that all caps is for OCR of the address with there is no bar
code.
I agree that all caps is not very personal or professional.
Dean
>on 10/26/00 1:23 PM, Rick Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On 10/26/00 12:20 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Not to throw in a monkey wrench, but having run a mailing list for a few
>>> years, I have learned that the US Post Office prefers, if you are printing
>>> out names and addresses, that EVERYTHING be in upper case! Of course,
>>> writing a script to do that would be simple; no decisions to make, just
>>> upcase everything.
>>
>>
>> That's where we started. The person asking for Title Case has a boss who
>> does just that, and gives him all the names, addresses, etc. in upper case.
>> Rick wanted all these addresses title-cased. I guess his boss had a reason.
>
> The membership secretary of a historical society I'm part of maintains all
> of the member data, including printing the third-class labels, with Excel,
> where everything except email addresses is entered in all caps. As editor
> of the society's magazine, I frequently need to write letters to individual
> members (which is where the combination of entourage and Word is a big
> help). I felt that putting an all-caps address on a first-class envelope
> looks cheap and impersonal, and pasting it at the top of a letter is even
> worse.
>
> An alternative might be to have a script that copies the name and address
> from Entourage, converts it to title case, then puts it on the clipboard
> for Word.
>
>
> Rick Johnson
>
>
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