I've been carefully reading all the comments on Note Taking Codes and scavenging those that looked useful for me.

While Note Taking Codes are useful for speeding writing, they have another important value for those of us that are "legibility challenged" -- a boldly written code is generally more readable than a fully written word that is produced by our spastic handwriting.

One of the suggested techniques that looked best for me was creating a code by underlining a capital letter. I've combined this technique with multiple letter codes that are written in lower case -- but begin with a capital letter.

The combination of these two writing styles begins to resemble a modest "system" that could be used not only for common words but also to create codes developed for an individual's specific industry and company jargon.

Since many of these codes are new to me, I've also tried to group them into word groups to make them easier to memorize.

My current "Glossary" is below:

Actions

Agenda, Attention for = @@ (as prefix to a name)
Assigned to, moved to, Contact = >
Call = C (underlined)
Email = e (Lower case, underlined)
Left Voice Mail = Lvm
Meeting, Meet = Mt
Meeting with = M/w
Review = Rv, Rvw
Send = S (underlined)
Waiting for = W/f
Write = Wrt

Connectors

At = @
And = +
Does Not Know = K (underlined, with diagonal line through it)
Have, has = H (underlined)
Including, Includes = Incl.
Is = dot
Know, knows = K (underlined)
To, Too = 2
Will = W (underlined)
With = W/
Without = W/o

Measures

Approximately = ~ or ca
Maybe = Mb
Much = M (underlined)
No, Not = N (underlined) or slash thru N
Very = V (underlined)

Misc

Be = B
Because = B/c or Bc
For = 4
For example = ie
ing = g at end of a word
Questions = ?s
The = \
Someone = Smo
Something = Sth

Time

Next Week = Nxwk
Today = T (underlined)
Tomorrow = Tm
Yesterday = Y (underlined)