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Today you don’t see classes in shorthand like we did years ago. It was pretty common to have a shorthand class when taking high school and even business college courses on office services/secretarial (secretarial is that old term they use to use for administrative assistant!) You remember Gregg shorthand and Forkner Speed Writing? Well maybe not! Now I know I’m showing my age here but recently I took the Minute Taking Made Easy course, presented by The Office Professional and Led by Rhonda Scharf, CSP, and realized a few things about shorthand today. We may not have the distinct “Gregg” or “Forkner” language, but we have our own we may not even realize. It is called “Creative Shorthand.” Below are some that I’ve put together and have used when taking minutes for department meetings. I sometimes still use a Forkner or Gregg shortcuts from time to time and after all these years. Can you think of some of your own to add to this list? If you can, e-mail me at tabarrett@kpmg.com and I will keep a list of them and post on our website for all to use!
· A handwritten, capital “D” – Dear
· w/ - with
· w/o – without
· f/u – follow up
· b/c - because
· e.g. – example
· @ - at
· Capital “A”, circled – action item
· ¶- paragraph
· u – you (Forkner)
· c – can (Forkner)
· v – have (Forkner)
· üü- reminder to double check something
· ü- check on this
· A short underline under the last letter of a word makes it an “ing” ending (Forkner)
· A short underline above the last letter of a word makes it an “ed” ending (Forkner)
· ea – each
· pc – piece
· \ - end of sentence (Forkner)
PS: You can find out more about the Minute Taking Made Easy course at http://www.iaap-hq.org.
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