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harakat or short vowels on keyboard

Salam,

I am using Arabic keyboard for a while. Can anyone tell me how to use harakats (Fatah, Kashra, Damma) on this Arabic Keyboard? I am using Arabic and Arabic-QWERTY on MacBook Air with MacOS High Sierra. Jazakillah in advance.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 26, 2020 4:43 AM

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2 replies

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

116,694 points

Nov 26, 2020 7:46 AM in response to Hridee_Chowdhury

For Arabic they are on the Shift level. In general, you can use the Keyboard Viewer to see which key does what.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-the-keyboard-viewer-on-mac-mchlp1015/11.0/mac/11.0

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

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Nov 26, 2020 10:44 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

PS For Arabic Qwerty, they are on the Option level.

harakat or short vowels on keyboard

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