It can be tiring to take lengthy class notes and write briefs on your computer (for those of us that still brief). To make it easier, we use shorthand. I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the keyboard shortcuts and typing shorthand that people find helpful.
Typing Shorthand
- Attorney = atty
- Common Law = c/l OR cLAW
- Consideration = ø or cx
- Constitution = C
- Contract = K
- Court = ct
- Defendant = D or ?
- Federal = fed
- General Rule = GRULE
- Jurisdiction = jdx or juris
- Majority Rule = majR
- Minority Rule = minR
- Negligence = neg or negc
- Plaintiff = P or ?
- Rule Against Perpetuity = rap
- Standard of Review = sor
- State = st
- Statute of Fraud = sof
- Statute of Limitations = sol
- Strict Liability = SL
- Summary Judgment = sj
- Supreme Court of the United States = SCOTUS OR SCt
- Two part words (e.g., affirmative action) = x/y (e.g., a/a)
- About = a/b
- Amendment = ame
- Argument = arg
- Because = b/c
- Between = btw or b/w
- Commercial = comm
- Different = diff
- Discrimination = disc
- Each = ea
- Employee = EE
- Employer = ER
- Employment = emp
- Ending with ?-ion? = ^n
- Especially = esp
- For = 4
- From = f/
- Government = gov OR govt
- Not = ! or ? or %
- Point = pt
- President = pres
- Probably = prob
- Property = prop
- Reaction = rxn
- Required = req?d
- Review = rev
- Should = sd
- Something = sthg
- Standard = std
- Statement = stmnt
- Within = w/in
- Without = w/out
- With Respect To = w.r.t.
- Would = wd
Keyboard Shortcuts
OneNote
- Ctrl + (Shift + L) OR . = Bullet point
- Ctrl + / = Numbering
- Alt + Shift + (Left Arrow OR Right Arrow) = tab line left or right
- Ctrl + 2 = Star
- Ctrl + 3 = Question Mark
- Ctrl + 4 = Yellow Highlight (of the entire line of text)
- Ctrl + 5 = Green Highlight (of the entire line of text)
- Text + Tab = Creates a table
Microsoft Office (for Macs, Ctrl = Apple button)
- Alt + 0167 (or customize as Ctrl + Shift + S) / Mac: Option + 6 = §
- Alt + 8710 (or customize as Alt + P or Ctrl + Shift + P) / Mac: Option + J= ?
- Alt + 227 (or customize as Alt + D or Ctrl + Shift + D) / Mac: Option + P = ?
- Alt + 0248 / Mac: Option + O = ø
- Ctrl + (B or I or U) = Bold OR Italics OR Underline
- Ctrl + (C or V) = Copy OR Paste
- Ctrl + (Z or Y) = Undo OR Redo
If you have any to add, leave it in the comments and I?ll update this post. I realize I may be a minority in doing stuff like this.
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