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The arabe-azerty transliterated keyboard layout – Apple Macintosh Arabic Language Kit User Manual

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The Arabe-AZERTY transliterated keyboard layout

This keyboard layout displays Arabic characters on a French
(AZERTY) keyboard in the same position as the corresponding
Roman characters with similar pronunciation. It is recommended
for people who are not familiar with the Arabic keyboard.

Normal

Shift

Press Shift to obtain the graphic alternative of a consonant. In
particular, Shift adds (or removes) some dots.

Option

Option + Shift

Chapter 4: Working in Multiple Languages

Examples: Option + = ; Option + =

Press Option + Shift to obtain tanwin vowels (Option + Shift +
= ), or to get Persian consonants following French/Persian
phonetic rules (Option + Shift + p = ).

Press Option to obtain short vowels (Option + = ), or to
obtain the phonetic alternative of a consonant.

Examples: Shift + = ; Shift + = ; Shift + =