Using Dot/Grid Paper to Learn Proportions?

Complete beginner to Gregg here, currently trying to teach myself Simplified from the FM Manual. A while back I remember watching an instructional video on Gregg and the person used dot paper to teach proportions. Granted, proportions come naturally over time, but would any of you recommend it? Or is it deleterious to learning? What…

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early Gregg magazine The Light-Liner is online

Those interested in the history of Gregg Publishing and/or Gregg Shorthand will enjoy perusing The Light-Liner. A few volumes have recently been put online at the Louis A. Leslie Shorthand Collection website, part of Rider University Libraries. This is a link to Volume 2, numbers 2-8. The other relevant items can be found by typing…

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From Dictation to Transcription

Finally finished working my way through Gregg Dictation Simplified 2nd Edition. Two lessons into Gregg Transcription Simplified and I’m noticing that it is quite a different book from the first two. There’s no real instruction or fluff, just lots and lots of material to practice with, which is exactly what I need. I like that…

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