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Power Ge'ez 2010™ User's Manual
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION............................................................1
1.1. FEATURES OF POWER GE'EZ 2010™..................2
2. INSTALLING POWER GE'EZ 2010™.............................2
3. UNINSTALLING POWER GE'EZ 2010™.........................3
4. NOTE FOR MS-WORD USERS.....................................4
5. KEYBOARD LANGUAGE/LAYOUT SETTINGS................5
6. USING POWER GE'EZ 2010™......................................5
6.1. STARTING AND EXITING POWER GE'EZ 2010™. 5
6.2. TASK BAR ICON..................................................6
6.3. POWER GE'EZ 2010 MENU..................................7
6.4. SETTINGS DIALOG...............................................7
6.5. PHONETIC KEYBOARD LAYOUT..........................8
6.6. AMHARIC TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD LAYOUT...13
6.7. CONVERTING/IMPORTING DOCUMENTS.............21
6.8. WORKING WITH NON-POWER GE'EZ FONTS......21
6.9. OTHER PHONETIC KEYBOARD LAYOUTS..........22
ABOUT CONCEPTS DATA SYSTEMS PLC..............................23
MISSION
COMPANY DESCRIPTION...................................................23
Some of our products......................................................24
1. Introduction
Thank you for using Power Ge'ez 2010™! Power Ge'ez
2010™ is a Windows-based software that allows users to do
word-processing in Ethiopic fonts. The software is designed to
work with all types of Windows applications. Once installed
onto your system, it will reside in memory making itself readily
available to all active Windows applications.
One of the greatest strength of Power Ge'ez 2010™ lies in
its ability to read and convert documents written in different
Ethiopic fonts. In fact, Power Ge'ez 2010™ is the first Ethiopic
software that addressed the question of compatibility with
other Ethiopic software packages. The software is capable of
translating 17 different types of fonts.
Power Ge'ez 2010™ provides two types of keyboard
configurations, namely Phonetic and Typewriter Keyboard
Configuration. The Typewriter Keyboard Configuration
emulates the standard Amharic Typewriter. This keyboard
configuration is made for those users who are familiar with
Amharic Typewriters. Conversely, to use Phonetic Keyboard
Configuration, one does not need to have prior knowledge of
the Amharic Typewriter layout. Users can easily type a given
word just by analyzing its phonetic pronunciation.
The software is compatible with Office 97/2000/XP/2003
and other standard Windows based word-processors. It has
proven to work on Windows 95/98/2000/NT/Me/XP/Vista and
the new Windows 7 operating systems. Power Ge'ez 2010™ is
a software package easy to understand and can be used by
option.
Select AUTO FORMAT tab and disable SYMBOL CHARACTERS (--)
WITH (-) option.
Disable INTERNET AND NETWORK PATHS WITH HYPERLINKS
option.
Disable STRAIGHT QUOTES WITH SMART QUOTES option.
Users can make use of Power Ge'ez 2010™ short cut key
to change the keyboard layout to phonetic. Just press
"Ctrl+*" short-cut key (Note: "*" key is the key located
on the numeric keypad) to change keyboard layout.
u i a y e o
h G G< H> H H@ I J
l K K< K= L K? M KA
H N O N= P N? Q R
m S S< T> T T@ U V
S W W< X> X X@ Y Z
r [ \ ] ^ _ ` a
s c c< c= d c? e f
q k l m n o p q
b u u< u= v u? w x
t } ~ + ‚ ƒ „
c † ‡ ˆ ‰ Š ‹ Œ
n ’ ’< ’> “ ’@ ” •
N – –< –> — –@ ˜ ™
x › ›< ›= œ ›? *
k Ÿ Ÿ< Ÿ= " Ÿ? ¡ ¢
w ¨ ¬ © ª « ¨<
X ® ®< ¯> ¯ ¯@ ° ±
z ² ²< ²= ³ ²? ´ µ
Z ¶ ÿ ¸ ¹ º » ¼
Y ¾ ¿ À Á Â Ã Ä
d Å Æ Ç= Ç È É Ê
j Ë Ì Í= Í Î Ï Ð
g Ñ Ñ< Ñ> Ò Ñ@ Ó Ô
T Ö Ö< Ö= × Ö? Ø Ù
C Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à
Table 1 - Phonetic Regular Keystrokes
u i a y e o
P â ã â= ä â? å æ
f ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö
p ø ù ú û ü ý þ
v y y< y= z y? { |
Q1 àG H G: I G;, J K
Table 1 - Continued - Phonetic Regular Keystrokes
u i a y e o
h Ž Ž< Ž> Ž@ ‘
H ¤ ¤< ¤= ¥ ¤? ¦ §
s g g< g= h g? i j
t ç è ç= é ç? ê ë
T ì ì< í= í í@ î ï
Table 2 - Phonetic with the CAP LOCK key ON
lwa LD Nw š bw vD Cwa á
mw TE zw ³D twa … tswa é
rwa b Zw ½ cw fwa ÷
swa dD dw ÇD nw “E vwa z
sh hD jwa ÍD Tw ×D sft+2 ·
Table 3 - Phonetic Irregular Keystrokes I with CAPS key ON
o i u a e
kw ŸA ŸC ŸB "D £
gw ÑA ÑC ÑB Õ ÑF
qw r kC kB s t
hw ŽA ŽC ŽB ŽE ŽF
Table 4 - Phonetic Irregular Keystrokes II with Caps Key ON
Key Pressed ! ( ) - = = : /
Key ! ( ) - , , : /
Produced
Key Pressed ? . < > , ; - .
Key ; . # $ ' & -2 .3
Produced
Table 5 - Punctuation Characters
Key Pressed 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Key Produced 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Table 6 - Keys pressed with the CAPS LOCK key on
Key Pressed 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Users can make use of Power Ge'ez 2010™ short cut key
to change the keyboard layout to typewriter. Just press
k l m n o p q
Key Pressed ! ( ) - = = : /
Key Produced ! ( ) - , , : /
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Key Pressed ! ( ) - = = : /
Key Pressed ? . < > , ; - .
Key Produced ; . # $ ' & - .
Mission
Founded in 1999, Concepts Data Systems is a software
development firm established with a vision of developing state-
of-the-art software products for the local and international
market. Our goal is to be the premier software developer
focused on providing high quality, affordable turnkey solutions.
Company Description
Concepts Data Systems PLC is a software development firm
dedicated in designing and developing quality software
products. We provide state of the art technological services
and software solutions to our clients. Concepts Data Systems
PLC is headquartered in the metropolis of Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Concepts Data Systems PLC develops various types of
software products ranging from a complete Management
Information System (MIS) to Computer Telephony
Applications. We are committed to providing high quality
products and services to our clients.
The company is composed of competent software and
electrical engineers with expertise in the areas of software
engineering/design, software development and networking.
Our engineers are experts in various programming languages
including Pure C/C++ programming, Visual C/C++, Visual
Basic, Java and the .NET. We offer the following services:
Software Design and Development
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Reengineering of existing applications
Database design and implementation
Web design and development
Network design and Installation