Pitman New Era shorthand is geared to the needs of top secretaries and professional shorthand writers. The fastest and most accurate shorthand system, it is in world-wide use with speeds of up to 350 words per minute. The phonetic system is ideal for specialist and technical use -- for example on legal, medical and bilingual work -- and its speed makes it the first choice for all verbatim recorders. Millions of people across the globe have studied New Era, qualified and entered well-paid professions. * Each piece of new theory is reinforced with five practice sentences. * Includes short forms, phrase drills and 'practical dictation' sections of letters, memos and reports. * Provides appendices with advice on the treatment of figures and verbatim reporting. * Gives a separate alphabetic list of short forms and intersections.