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 + =