The problem of the study was to determine if executive level secretaries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area did use and need shorthand training. Also if training was offered, at what level of school should it begin, and how long a program was necessary. The findings indicated the majority of executive level secretaries in the Dallas-Fort Worth area use the skill of manual shorthand. The sources for' these findings were personal interviews conducted with the aid of an interview guideline. Also, the secretaries interviewed concluded that the boss was the determining factor in how correspondence was handled.