Advanced Typing - Shortcuts

This instructional film, likely produced in the 1940s for business or secretarial training, offers a detailed guide to mastering typewriter efficiency. Filmed in black-and-white, it begins with a poised typist demonstrating proper posture—back straight, feet flat, wrists relaxed—while arranging equipment like paper, typewriter, and chair for optimal workflow. The narration then explores advanced techniques: setting tab stops and using the tab bar for quick column alignment, employing the decimal tabulator for precise numeric entries, and preparing carbon packs for duplicate copies. Step-by-step sequences show how to insert or remove words and letters mid-text, execute clean erasures with a brush or shield, and type on cards, envelopes, and labels without jams. Likely aimed at office workers or students, the film features a clacking typewriter soundtrack and close-ups of keys and levers, reflecting the era’s reliance on manual machines before electric models dominated. A practical, no-nonsense tool for boosting wartime or postwar clerical productivity.