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ዓማርኛ ኣከታተብ | GeezEdit Amharic Typing Help

  1. Click somewhere on the screen to start typing.
  2. Single keystrokes type the default sixth order Amharic characters. Example: striking "tmhrt" types "ትምህርት". These default characters have sounds similar to those of the English default keys. The default Ethiopic keyboard is at the bottom half of the screen.
  3. Click on "Help" and then "Amharic Keystrokes" for help on how to type. Click on the "X" at the top right corner to close the pop-up window.
  4. The first order characters are typed while holding down the "Shift" key. "Shift h" types "ሀ". "ሀ" is the name of the Ethiopic key and is typed with the "Shift" key just like the Latin "H" key name.
  5. The second, third , fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth order characters are typed with the default followed by "u". "i", "a", "e", "o" and "\" respectively. Example:: "hu" types "ሁ", "hi" types "ሂ", "ha" types "ሃ", "he" types "ሄ", "ho" types "ሆ" and finally "a\" types "".
  6. The Ethiopic characters with only five vowel forms are typed with the symbol keys. Example: "q/", "q[", "q.", "q;" and "q]" type "ቈ", "ቊ", "ቋ", "ቌ" and "ቍ" respectively.
  7. The Ethiopic symbols '፡", "፣", "።", etc. are typed with the shift key and the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc..
  8. The Ethiopic numbers "፩", "፪", "፫", etc. are typed with period key and 1, 2, 3, etc..
  9. The Ethiopic numbers "፲", "፳", "፴", etc are typed with comma key and 1, 2, 3, etc..
  10. If the default is not to be changed by a vowel, strike the "apostrophe" key. Example: "u'" or "u apostrophe" gives "ሥ" while "uu" types "ሡ" within a specified time limit.
  11. To mix English with the Geez, click on "Alphabets" and select "Latin". Optionally, to use the Latin symbols with the Geez keyboard, just double strike them. Example : "Comma Comma" types "Comma", "Comma Minus" types "<", "Tilde 2" types "@", etc..
  12. To copy a document click on "Edit", "Select All" and then "Copy". To paste the document, open "Notepad"  from "Start", "Programs", then "Accessories" and "Notepad". Click on "Edit" of the "Notepad Untitled" and then "Paste" or "Paste" with the right mouse click. "Save" the document in Notepad by selecting "UTF-8" from "Encoding".
  13. When finished with the typing or editing in Ethiopic, copy and paste into your e-mail program, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, etc.. If boxes appear instead of Geez, download one of the free Unicode Ethiopic fonts, install or copy it to Windows/Fonts and restart the computer.
  14. To edit a document, just copy and paste to this GeezEdit Page. Example: Copy the web page from the following link and paste it to the GeezEdit document page by clicking on the screen with the right mouse and selecting "Paste".  http://www.ethiopic.com/unicode/Q_and_A_with_Dr_Aberra_Molla_in_Amharic.htm
  15. Enjoy the simplicity of the new technology while sparing your time and fingers and from now on you don't have to use three to six keystrokes to type any Ethiopic glyph.
  16. This Online GeezEdit Page is to give Ethiopians and Ethiopic users the power to type in Amharic on the internet for free in Windows and Mac. We intend to add more characters soon. Our commercial version, GeezEdit Version 2.0 is more sophisticated and powerful. This pending patent protected system is for rendering Ethiopic and other language glyphs in numerous Unicode compliant applications. We recommend you buy it. For more information click on "Order", "Order GeezEdit" or click on the following link: http://www.geezedit.com


 

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303-972-2186

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