REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

College of Business Administration
BS OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
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FOUNDATION OF SHORTHAND(OFAD 30025)

Shorthand Writing is a lifelong personal skill which relieves one from the drudgery of wring in long hand.
 Two(2) concepts
 “you write what you hear”
 Symbols representing sounds

Examples:
Longhand Spelling Shorthand Spelling(Sounds) Explanation
Name Nam e is silent
Right Rit gh is silent
Age Aj e is silent and g sound like j

Lesson 1:
 Symbols for sounds a,e,n,m,t,d

Note: Write the stokes clockwise

Sounds of e is same in sounds of short I

Symbols are straight lines written forward along the line of writing

Symbols written in upward slanting straight lines

differentiated by length.

 Punctuation and Capitalization

 Punctuation

 Capitalization

Lesson 2:
 Sounds of H and -ing
The shorthand symbol for the sounds of h and –ing is both a dot however sounds of H symbol is always occur at
the beginning of the word while symbol of -ing placed at the end of the word.
 Sounds of long I
The shorthand symbol for long I is a broken circle.

Lesson 3
 Sounds of O,R,L

The symbols for o, r, and l are short forward “under” curves

differentiated by length

Lesson 4:
 Minor Vowel Omitted

 Brief Forms

Lesson 5:
 Shorthand Phrases
 Sounds of S,F,V

 Short and Soft sound of O

Lesson 6:
 Words beginning in

 Sounds of OO,K,G
 Sounds of w,sw,wh

Lesson 7:
 Sounds of left S,P and B

Lesson 8:

 Brief Forms

 Brief Form Derivatives

 Brief Form Phrases