typist
Fast keyboard worker
A typist is someone who types, especially as an occupation.
The term emerged with typewriters and designated clerical workers who typed documents, correspondence, and forms.
Though the skill of typing is now nearly universal, typist still appears in job titles and descriptions for positions requiring fast, accurate keyboard work.
She worked as a typist in the legal department for twenty years.
Compressed symbolic writing system
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- dictationOral text for writing
- verbatimIn identical wording
- transcribeConvert to written form
shorthand · transcript · deposition · recording · audio · minutes · captioning · subtitles
Professional work location
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
- filingStoring documents systematically
paperwork · documents · correspondence · memos · reports · invoices · records · desk
Speedy, or skip eating
- rapidMoving with haste
- quickMoving with speed
- efficientProductive without waste
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
nimble · fluency · proficiency · high-speed · skillful · practiced · keystrokes · fingers
stenography
Compressed symbolic writing system
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- dictationOral text for writing
- verbatimIn identical wording
transcribe · shorthand · transcript · deposition · recording · audio · minutes · captioning · subtitles · note-taking
office
Professional work location
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
filing · paperwork · documents · correspondence · memos · reports · invoices · records · desk · temp
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
dexterity · nimble · fluency · proficiency · high-speed · skillful · practiced · keystrokes · fingers · rhythm
qwerty
Standard keyboard arrangement
shift · enter · tab · delete · mechanical · membrane · ergonomic · tactile · clacking · layout
ribbon
Slender ornamental strip
return · margin · carbon-copy · whiteout · manual · electric · Remington · Underwood · keys · vintage
- skilled handssurgeon, jeweler, watchmaker, seamstress, tailor
- support staffassistant, support staff, aide, administrative assistants, helper
- Victorian Jobschimney sweep, milliner, housemaid, blacksmith, cobbler
- office jobsmanager, office clerk, analyst, receptionist, administrative assistant
- office workersreceptionist, office workers, office clerk, accountant, administrator
- pink-collar jobsnurse, nursing, receptionist, secretary, teaching
typistcalligrapher
Decorative handwriting artist
scribe · penman · stenographer · dictator · letterer
- touch typingTyping without watching keys
- typing errors
- typing testKeyboard speed measurement
- typing mistakeKeying error
- typing speedKeyboard input rate
- typing skillsKeyboard input proficiency