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Post by Deb on Sept 15, 2015 15:50:25 GMT -5
Anyone on here use actual typewriters? Manual? Electric? Maybe a bit of memory? But nothing attached to a computer, CPU, etc. I know people still use these. I haven't even looked for one at second hand stores (great place to find Gregg Shorthand books for me--sometimes). If you have one, there is a Rational Typewriting 1902 manual available free on the web ( greggshorthand.proboards.com/post/4066 ) that might help, but it does show the upper portion of key instruction and you can skip that I suppose. The Gregg Writer's had a section for typwriting, but some of it was for office work.  I do like the adds in the Gregg Writers for typewriters like this one:  |
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Post by Deb on Sept 15, 2015 16:40:09 GMT -5
Another picture of a Remington Typewriter ad from a Gregg Writer magazine  |
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Post by Deb on Jun 17, 2016 16:39:00 GMT -5
Typing tips from the Gregg Writer  |
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Post by Deb on Jun 17, 2016 16:39:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Jun 17, 2016 16:40:41 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Sept 19, 2016 14:40:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Feb 14, 2017 18:23:52 GMT -5
From a 1915 Shorthand magazine. These might have been nice when I tried manual typewriters, my fingernails always broke. Of course, I don't know if these are that great and just a gimmick. It's just an ad in the magazine. I remember a typing teacher (yes, typing on a typewriter, not keyboard--that came later when the schools could afford them), said she had a teacher who would go around the classroom and clip the students nails down if they extended beyond the tips of the flesh.  |
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Post by Deb on Feb 6, 2018 16:21:08 GMT -5
A few other typing books I came across you might find interesting: Gregg Typing: 191 Series Bk. 1 Hardcover – December, 1967 by J.L. Rowe (Author), etc. (Author).
Typing: Complete Course, Gregg Typing Series 7 7th ed. Edition by A. C. Lloyd (Author) Hardcover: 478 pages Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co; 7th ed. edition (January 1, 1982)
Gregg Typing: Complete Course, Series Eight : Keyboarding and Processing Documents Jan 1, 1987 by A. C. Lloyd and F. E. Johnson
Gregg College Typing, Series Five, Typing Seventy-Five, Intermediate (Gregg College Typing Series: No. 5) Aug 1, 1983 by F. E. Winger
Gregg Typing for Colleges: Complete Course (Gregg college typing, series five) Aug 1, 1984 by A. C. Lloyd
Gregg College Typing - Series Six - Complete Course Dec 1, 1989 by OBER/POLAND/ET AL
Vocational Office Typing Book 2 (Gregg Typing 191 Series) 1967 by John L. Rowe and Alan C. Lloyd
I got tired of typing in all of these. If you go to Amazon and typing in " gregg typing" you will find a bunch of different books. |
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Post by Deb on Feb 6, 2018 16:50:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Oct 26, 2018 10:42:58 GMT -5
If you want additional practice, this looks like it was a at home study guide to be a better typist for business. No "how to learn to type" lessons, but reviews of the keyboards and even TIMING exercises you can take to see you WPM. There are also letter heads, etc.. Plus lots of tips if you use a typewriter but never had formal instruction on using one. archive.org/details/typewriting20les00albe/page/n2 |
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Post by Deb on Oct 26, 2018 10:56:24 GMT -5
This book might be more of interest to those who use typewriters or like them. There are various drawings of typewriters that were out at that time (1891). It does give tips to shorthand and typewriters as well. It does mention the Pitman and even shows a drawing of Isaac Pitman. Shorthand and typewriting by Dugald McKillop. Publication date 1891 archive.org/details/0157SHOR |
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Post by Deb on Oct 26, 2018 11:05:17 GMT -5
Another book with a lot of typing tips when using a typewriter. It shows how to insert index cards and type on them, envelopes, even how to draw horizontal and vertical lines. Plus sitting techniques and other items. Typewriting techniques and short cuts with 10-minute timed writings, Third Edition (book) by Lenore Fenton MacClain and J. Frank Dame Publication date 1966 archive.org/details/TypewritingTechniquesAndShortcutsThirdEdition |
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