All-Purpose Letters 1.03

The SoftCircuits-developed application All-Purpose Letters comes in handy if you want to send out a letter. What is this application and how can it prove to be useful in this regard? Well, All-Purpose Letters is nothing more than a collection of letters – an extensive collection of more than 200 sample letters.

All these letters are grouped in 19 different categories. One category is entitled “Blank” and it includes only a blank document, so it doesn’t really count. But the remaining 18 categories do count. Let’s take a look at these categories and at the types of letters available in each category:

Job Letters: 3 Executive Search letters, Cold Call letter, 7 Answering Job Advertisement letters, 9 Cover Letters, Growth Company letter, Referral letter, Networking letter, New Graduate letter.

Government/Political Action Letters : 2 Request for Government Action letters, 56 Offering Political Support letters, 3 Voicing Political Opposition letters, and 2 Letters to the Editor (one supporting and one opposing).

Employment Letters: Request Recommendation letter, Recommendation for Job letter, 4 positive Recommendation letters, 1 negative Recommendation letter, 1 neutral Recommendation letter, Resignation letter, 3 Responding to Application letters, Contacting Applicant’s References letter, 2 Offering Position to Applicant letters, Announcing an Important Appointment letter, Rejection of Job Offer letter, 5 Turning Down an Applicant letters, Rejection Letter to Job Candidate, Praising an Employee’s Performance letter, and 2 Notifying Employee of Termination letters.

Organizational Activities Letters: 2 Extending an Invitation to Join letters, 2 Recommending Someone for Membership letters, Requesting a Speaker, Inviting a Panel Participant, Confirming a Speaker, 2 Soliciting Funds/Donations letters, Sending a Contribution.

Inquiries and Request Letters: 2 Product Request letters, Product Inquiry, Credit Application Request, Inquiry About Service, Request for Magazine for Reprints, Request for Reproduction of Illustration, Request for Reproduction for Commercial Use, Request for Quote, 2 Response to Information Requested letters.

Orders: 2 Placing Orders letters, 2 Mail Order letters, Out of Stock, Canceling an Order (Business), 2 Canceling an Order (Personal) letters.

Credit Letters: Request (Business), Request (Personal), Reference Request, Information, Establishing, Credit Line Increase, Reinstatement, 2 Approval letters, Credit Line Denied (Business), Denied.

Payments: Nonpayment Notice, Requesting Payment of Loan, Remittance Letter, Receipt of Payment, Request for Payment Delay, 2 Sending Late Payment letters, Sending Late Payment (Business), 2 Sending Partial Payment letters, Sending Partial Payment (Complaint), Sending Late Partial Payment, Sending No Payment (Temporary Difficulty), 2 Sending No Payment (Dispute) letters.

Collections: 2 Reminder of Payment Due letters, 3 Granting a Payment Extension letters, 2 Refusing a Payment Extension letters, 10 Collection Letters, Collection Sent to Agency, Collection Sent to Attorney.

Complaints: Complaint about Orders, 2 Complaint about Products letters, 3 Complaint about Services letters, 2 Complaint about Bills Received letters, 2 Complaint about Receipt of Payments letters, 2 Complaint about Housing Problems letters.

Adjustments: 3 Making a Requested Adjustment letters, Making a Compromise Adjustment, Not Making an Adjustment.

Thank You Letters: General Letter, For Recommendation, 6 For Interview letters, For College Interview, Accepting Job Offer, To Customer, Follow-up to Phone Call, For Business Gift, For Gift, For Wedding Gift, For Get Well Flowers, For Get Well Card or Gift, 2 Condolences letters.

Sales Letters: Sales Letter, Sales Letter for Services, Follow-up for Services, New Customer, Follow-up to Previous Sale, Winning Back an Inactive Customer, New Sales Person, New Product Promotion.

Agreements & Authorizations: Agreement Acceptance, Confirming Verbal Instructions, Agreement Termination, Medical Authorization, Authorization to Stay In Home, Permission Slip for Child.

Congratulations: 2 Promotion letters, Graduation, Engagement, Wedding Anniversary, New Baby.

Invitations: Dinner, Birthday Party, Bridal Shower, Anniversary Party, Baby Shower, Bon Voyage Party.

Moving to a New Address: Telephone, Electric Power, Water, Gas, Newspaper, Cable TV, Turn On Utilities.

Miscellaneous: Excuse from Jury Duty, Sorry (Missed Meeting), Get Well, Sympathy For Death (Business), Sympathy For Death (Personal).

Pros

• 211 sample letters grouped in 19 different categories
• Easy to use application
• Lightweight download size (less than 2MB)

Cons

• Free to try (limited amount of letters in the trial version)
• Not exactly the prettiest interface

About SoftCircuits
Founded by Microsoft Developer MVP Jonathan Wood and headquartered in the Salt Lake City area of Utah, SoftCircuits develops various applications for Windows. SoftCircuits offers reasonably priced applications through its Rodent Software line of shareware.

Additional details about SoftCircuits are available here.
Additional details about the Rodent Software line of shareware are available here.

All-Purpose Letters has been reviewed by George Norman on 09 Aug 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated All-Purpose Letters 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent