ዓማርኛ ኣከታተብ | GeezEdit Amharic Typing Help
- Click somewhere on the screen to start typing.
- 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.
- 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.
- The first order characters are typed while holding down the "Shift" key.
For instance, "Shift h" types "ሀ". "ሀ" is the name of the Ethiopic key and is typed with the
"Shift" key depressed just like the Latin "H" key name. Every one of the
primary Ethiopic character has its own key and key name just like the "A" to
"Z" assignment of the keyboard for English.
- Each one of the 34 primary Amharic characters "ሀ" to "ፐ" ("he" to "pe")
has its own key name and assignment on the computer keyboard just like
the "A" to "Z" English capital letters key assignments and key names.
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The second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth order characters
(or vowels) 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 "h\" types "ኋ".
- 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.
- The Ethiopic symbols '፡", "፣", "።" "$", "፠", "፤", "፥", "፦", "፧" and "፨"
are typed with the shift key and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
0 respectively.
- The Ethiopic numbers "፩", "፪", "፫", "፬", "፭", "፮", "፯", "፰", "፱" and "º"
are typed with the period key and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 English keys
respectively.
- The Ethiopic numbers "፲", "፳", "፴", ፵", "፶", "፷", "፸",
"፹", ፺" and "፻" are typed with
the comma key and 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 English keys respectively.
- If the default is not to be changed by a vowel, strike the
"apostrophe" key. Examples: "u'" or "u apostrophe" gives "ሥ" while "uu"
types "ሡ" within a specified time limit. "እእ"
is typed with only two keystrokes by striking the "A" key twice; not with
four or more keystrokes.
- 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..
- 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".
- When finished with the typing or editing in Ethiopic, copy and paste into
your e-mail program, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Facebook, etc.. If boxes appear
instead of Geez, download one of the free Ethiopic Unicode fonts, install or
copy it to Windows/Fonts and restart the computer, if necessary.
- 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"
Q_and_A_with_Dr._Aberra_Molla_in_Amharic.htm
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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. One types the default Ethiopic with one keystroke
each and the rest (more than 500 glyphs) with a maximum of two keystrokes
each virtually similar to typing the English alphabet on computers. (Don't
be fooled by those who push our old two-keystroke typing of the 80's as
something new or those who think you type alphabets only with the "A" to "Z"
keys and try to teach you how to spell and type Geez alphabet in English.)
See our Ethiopic.com web site
to read more about our ModEth, EthioWord, etc..
- 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
platforms. We intend to add more
characters. Our commercial version,
GeezEdit Version 2.0, is more
sophisticated and powerful and the more than 563 Ethiopic glyphs are typed the
same way in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. 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" from
Geezedit.com or click on the following link:
http://www.geezedit.com
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