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ATTENTION LINES ALWAYS GO FIRST, BEFORE THE ACTUAL ADDRESS. This is not an actual address, just an example.

As below:

ATTN: Miss Jane Smith

Microsoft Company

1212 Main Street

Joetown, MA 01262

You don't really need the "ATTN:" annotation if you have the full name, but it's useful if, for example, you've been told to mark correspondence to "Joe's" attention.

Fortunately, the address on the envelope is not as formal as the correspondence in the envelope. Where you put the 'attention line' and/or the 'in care of' depends on your postal system's regulations or level of automation.

Name (you don't need to use the word attention)

Title (if applicable)

Company

address

city, state zipcode

Name of recipient

c/o Name applicable for this address

address

city, state zipcode

A few people put the "attn line" immediately below the address or in the lower left corner of the envelope, not realizing that this delays the delivery of the letter.

The automated systems expect the zip code to be on the lowest line on the letter.

When someone writes something else below the zip code (such as an attention or c/o line) the automated system doesn't understand and kicks it out for a human to (eventually) puzzle out what you really meant.

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