User S Manual

Power Ge'ez 2010 User's Manual
` 2010
Power Ge'ez 2010
User's Manual
http://www.conceptsdatasystems.com
Concepts Data Systems, Pvt. Ltd. Co.
1998-2010, Concepts Data Systems Private Limited

Company, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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.
6.2.
6.3.
6.4.
6.5.
6.6.
6.7.
6.8.
6.9.
STARTING AND EXITING POWER GE'EZ 2010..5

TASK BAR ICON..................................................6
POWER GE'EZ 2010 MENU..................................7
SETTINGS DIALOG...............................................7
PHONETIC KEYBOARD LAYOUT..........................8
AMHARIC TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD LAYOUT...13
CONVERTING/IMPORTING DOCUMENTS.............21
WORKING WITH NON-POWER GE'EZ FONTS......21
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
Typewriters.
those
users
Conversely,
who
to
are
use
familiar
with
Phonetic
Amharic
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
novices as well as experts. In simple terms, Power Ge'ez

2010 is the Amharic word-processing companion of your PC
excellent for use at work and home.
1.1.
Features of Power Ge'ez 2010
Supports the new National Keyboard Standard.
Supports 64 bit computers.
Automatic font recognition.
Comes with UNICODE and non-UNICODE fonts.
Supports email communication.
It can convert documents written in other Ethiopic fonts.
Supports sorting and searching features.
Emulates the Phonetic Keyboard Layout of Agafari, Alpas,

SAMAWARFA, and Visual Ge'ez. Hence, users who are
familiar with these software packages can easily use
Power Ge'ez 2010.
Support for all types of UNICODE fonts and Agafari,

AleXEthipian, Alpas, Compose, Ethiopic, Feedel, NCI,
NCI2000, SAMAWARFA, and Visual Ge'ez fonts.
Two installation licenses on one diskette/CD.
Power Ge'ez 2010 has proven to work on virtually all

Windows applications.
2. Note For MS-Word Users

MS-Word users must first disable the Auto Correct, AutoText
and Automatic Format features of MS-Word.
To disable these features follow these steps.
From TOOLS menu of MS-Word select AUTO CORRECT. See

Figure-1.
Disable all the AUTO CORRECT options.
Select AUTO FORMAT AS YOU TYPE tab and disable STRAIGHT

QUOTES
WITH
SMART QUOTES option.
Disable Symbol characters (--) with (-) option.
Disable INTERNET
AND
NETWORK
PATHS
WITH
HYPERLINKS
option.
Select AUTO FORMAT tab and disable SYMBOL

WITH
CHARACTERS
(--)
(-) option.
Disable INTERNET
AND
NETWORK
PATHS
WITH
HYPERLINKS
option.
Disable STRAIGHT QUOTES
WITH
SMART QUOTES option.
If these features of MS-Word are not disabled, Ethiopic

characters typed may not appear or the wrong Ethiopic
character will be displayed.
3. Keyboard Language/Layout Settings

Users must check if keyboard language/layout settings of your
PC are set to English (United States) - United States 101
mode. To change keyboard language and layout settings follow
these steps,
Start Windows operating system.
Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
Click
on
Keyboard
icon
and
select
Language
tab.
Keyboard Properties screen will appear on the screen.
Make sure the Language is set to English and Keyboard

Layout to United States 101. If it is not, click on Add
button to add United States 101 keyboard layout.
4. Using Power Ge'ez 2010

This section introduces Power Ge'ez 2010 graphical interface
and the various tools provided by Power Ge'ez 2010 to
facilitate its usage. In addition to providing an overview of the
software, this section will take you through a step-by-step
illustration on how to use Power Ge'ez 2010 efficiently.
4.1.
Starting and Exiting Power Ge'ez 2010
Very Important Note !

Before you start using Power Ge'ez 2010 the Auto Correct
and Auto Format features of your word-processor must be
disabled. Please read Section 4 before using Power Ge'ez.
Windows loads Power Ge'ez 2010 into memory automatically
upon startup. As long as Windows operating system is running,
Power Ge'ez 2010 will be active in the background making
itself readily available for use. Setup program places the
program items of Power Ge'ez 2010 in an existing program
group or creates a new program group and new program items
for Power Ge'ez 2010. You are then ready to start Power Ge'ez
2010 from Windows. To start Power Ge'ez 2010 manually,
follow these steps,
Open Power Ge'ez 2010 program group/folder.
Double click on Power Ge'ez 2010 icon.
To exit from Power Ge'ez 2010, from Power Ge'ez menu

select Exit Power Ge'ez item or just press Ctrl and "." key
on the numeric keypad.
4.2.
Task Bar icon
Upon startup, Power Ge'ez 2010 places an icon on the system

tray. This provides fast and convenient access to Power Ge'ez
2010. The icon serves three functions:
1.
Shows the current keyboard status:- Place the mouse

pointer over the icon; Windows will show the current
status of Power Ge'ez 2010.
2.
Helps change keyboard Layout:- Users can go from

English to Phonetic mode just by clicking on the icon on
Windows taskbar.
3.
Makes Power Ge'ez 2010 menu visible:- Position mouse

pointer on icon and click the right mouse button to display
Power Ge'ez 2010 menu.
Figure 1 Power Ge'ez 2010 Icon Shown on Windows Taskbar
4.3.
Power Ge'ez 2010 Menu
Settings:- Displays Settings Dialog.
Typewriter
Keyboard
Image:-
Displays
Amharic
Typewriter Keyboard Layout.
About - Copyright notice of Power Ge'ez 2010.
Exit Power Ge'ez:- Exits from Power Ge'ez 2010.
4.4.
Settings Dialog
Phonetic Keyboard Layout Type:- Select the keyboard
layout you want from the combo box. Keyboard layouts of
Power Ge'ez, Agafari, Alpas, SAMAWARFA, and Visual
Geez are supported.
Type of Font to Use:- At the combo box, uses can select

types of fonts that they want to use. By default, it is set
to Power Ge'ez.
Enable/Disable:- Automatic Font recognition.
Yes/No:- Automatically starts Power Ge'ez.
Apply:- Click on APPLY button to save changes.
Close:- Click on CLOSE to close Settings Dialog without

saving the changes.
4.5.
Phonetic Keyboard Layout
This keyboard layout is specifically designed for those users not

familiar with conventional Amharic Typewriter layout. Follow
these steps to activate phonetic keyboard layout,
Click on Power Ge'ez 2010 icon located at Windows

taskbar. The icon will change as shown below.
Figure 2 - Power Ge'ez 2010 Phonetic
Click on the icon again to go into Phonetic UNICODE

mode. When Power Ge'ez is in Phonetic UNICODE mode
users must select Power Ge'ez Unicode font on the word

processor.
Figure 3 - Power Ge'ez 2010 Phonetic Unicode
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.
In phonetic keyboard layout, a combination of a consonant and

a vowel produce one Ethiopic character. The combinations are
selected in such a way that the sound produced by the Ethiopic
character and the phonetic pronunciation of the English
characters (consonant and vowel combination) typed is similar.
For example, to type ""D" the user types "kwa". Most of the
characters can be typed in a similar manner. Hence, users can
easily guess the consonant and vowel combination needed to
produce a given Ethiopic character.
h
l
H
m
S
r
s
q
b
t
c
n
N
x
k
w
X
z
Z
Y
d
j
g
T
C
G
K
N
S
W
[
c
k
u
}
u
G<
K<
O
S<
W
<
\
c<
l
u<
~
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
<
i
H>
K=
N=
T>
X>
]
c=
m
u=
+
>
>
=
=
>
=
=
=
>
=
a
H
L
P
T
X
^
d
n
v
"
y
H@
K?
N?
T@
X@
_
c?
o
u?
@
@
?
?
@
?
@
?
e
I
M
Q
U
Y
`
e
p
w
<
o
J
KA
R
V
Z
a
f
q
x
Table 1 - Phonetic Regular Keystrokes

P
f
p
v
Q1
y
G
y<
H
i
=
y=
G:
z
I
y
?
y?
G;,
{
J
|
K
Table 1 - Continued - Phonetic Regular Keystrokes

The
character is available on Ge'ez-1 Number for non-
UNICODE mode.
h
H
s
t
T
u
<
<
g<
<
i
>
=
g=
=
=
y
@
?
g?
?
@
Table 2 - Phonetic with the CAP LOCK key ON
lwa
mw
rwa
swa
sh
LD
TE
b
dD
hD
Nw
zw
Zw
dw
jwa
D
D
bw
twa
cw
nw
Tw
vD
Cwa
tswa
fwa
vwa
sft+2
Table 3 - Phonetic Irregular Keystrokes I with CAPS key ON
10
o
A
A
r
A
kw
gw
qw
hw
i
C
C
kC
C
u
B
B
kB
B
a
"D
s
E
F
t
F
Table 4 - Phonetic Irregular Keystrokes II with Caps Key ON
!
!
?
;
Key Pressed
Key
Produced
Key Pressed
Key
Produced
(
(
.
.
)
)
<
#
>
$
=
,
,
'
=
,
;
&
:
:
-2
/
/
.
.3
Table 5 - Punctuation Characters
Note: When Power Ge'ez is in non-UNICODE mode, the
.available
on Ge'ez-1 Numbers font. When Power Ge'ez is in
UNICODE mode the above two characters will be available on

all UNICODE fonts.
Key Pressed
Key Produced
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
Table 6 - Keys pressed with the CAPS LOCK key on
11
Key Pressed
Key Produced
0
*
1
)
2
!
3 4
V #
5
$
6 7 8 9
% & W (
Table 7 - Ge'ez Numbers
4.6.
Amharic Typewriter Keyboard Layout
This keyboard layout is useful for users who are already

familiar with the conventional Amharic typewriter machines.
Follow these steps to activate Amharic Typewriter keyboard
layout,
Click on Power Ge'ez 2010 icon located at Windows

taskbar until the image changes as shown below.
Figure 4 - Power Ge'ez Typewriter
Click on icon again to go into Typewriter UNICODE mode.

When Power Ge'ez is in TU mode users must select Power
Ge'ez UNICODE font on the word processor.
Figure 5 - Power Ge'ez Typewriter Unicode
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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
"Ctrl+-" short-cut key (Note: "-" key is the key located
on the numeric keypad) to change keyboard layout.
13
14
M12+
H
H>
M6+
G
G<
M10+
H
H@
I
I
M4+
G
J
M6+K
M3+K
K<
M12+
K
K=
M5+K
M10+
K
K?
KA
N
N
M6+
N
O
M12+
N
N=
M3+
N
P
M10+
N
N?
Q
Q
M9+
N
R
M6+S
M10+
T
T@
M9+S
S<
M12+
T
T>
M12+
X
X>
M10+
X
X@
M6+
W
W<
M7+
W
Z
M7+[
M4+`
M10+
[
_
M6+c
M3+c
M9+c
c<
M10+
c
c?
M12+
c
c=
M1+c
M6+g
M3+g
M9+g
g<
M10+
g
g?
M1+e
M12+
g
g=
M6+k
M8+k
M4+k
M10+
k
o
M12+
k
m
Table 8 - Amharic Typewriter Regular Keystrokes
15
M6+u
u<
M6+}
M6+
M10+
u
u?
M9+u
M10+
}
M4+}
M10+
M1+
M4+
M8+
M10+
M2+
M4+
M12+
>
M10+
M4+
M12+
>
M1+
M10+
M1+
M4+
M12+
M3+
M10+
M9+
M12+
M3+
M10+
M9+
M12+
M3+
M10+
M1+
M9+
M12+
u
u=
M3+u
M12+
}
+
M8+}
M8+
M12+
M6+
<
M12+
>
M6+
<
M1+
M6+
<
M6+
<
M6+
<
M6+
<
"
Table 8 - Continued - Amharic Typewriter Regular Keystrokes

16
M12+
M12+
M12+
>
M6+
<
M6+
M3+
<
M12+
M6+
M3+
M12+
M6+
M10+
M6+
M10+
M2+
M8+
M10+
M9+
M1+
M9+
M10+
M11+
M8+
M5+
M4+
M6+
M12+
M10+
M6+
M9+
M1+
M6+
M1+
M10+
M6+
M9+
M12+
M6+
<
M12+
>
M8+
M10+
M2+
M8+
<
17
M6+
<
M12+
M3+
M10+
M9+
M12+
M3+
M5+
M6+
M2+
M6+
M3+
M9+
M10+
M2+
M12+
M6+
M3+
M9+
M10+
M12+
M6+
M3+
M8+
<
M10+
M2+
M12+
M7+
M10+
M4+
M10+
M1+
M10+
y
y?
M1+
w
{
M9+y
M10+
M1+g
M4+
M6+
M12+
M8+
M12+
y
y=
M3+y
M12+
M8+
M1+u
M6+y
y<
M1+d
M6+
18
M5+
A
M5+k
r
M5+
A
M5+
A
M11+
B
M11+k
kB
M11+
B
M11+
B
M7+
C
M7+k
kC
M7+
C
M7+
C
M7+M12+
"D
M7+M12+k
s
M7+M12+
M7+M12+
E
M7+M10+
M7+M10+k
t
M7+M10+
F
M7+M10+
F
Table 9 - Amharic Typewriter Irregular Keystrokes I
M7+M12+K
M7+M12+}
M7+M12+T
D
T
M7+M12+
M1+^
E
b
M7+M12+
M7+M12+
M7+M12+
M7+M12+
M7+M12+
M7+M12+c
M7+M1+
M7+M1+c
D
h
M7+M12+
M7+M12+
M7+M12+u
D
v
M7+M1+
M7+M12+
Table 10 - Amharic Typewriter Irregular Keystrokes II

Key Pressed
Key Produced
Key Pressed
<
>
19
Key Pressed
Key Produced
'
&
Table 11 - Punctuation Characters
4.7.
Converting/Importing documents
Power Ge'ez 2010 comes with advanced Font conversion

facility. Power Ge'ez 2010 can read and convert documents
written
in
different
Ethiopic
fonts.
This
increases
its
compatibility with other Ethiopic software packages. The

software is capable of translating over 27 different types of
fonts. It supports fonts of Agafari, Alpas, AleXEthiopian,
Compose, Ethiopic, Feedel, NCI,
NCI2000, SAMAWARFA, and
Visual Ge'ez. Follow these steps to convert a document written

with a non-Power Ge'ez font to Power Ge'ez font,
Open the non-Power Ge'ez document, i.e. document

written with other Ethiopic Software, on your wordprocessor. You will see a text, which is unreadable if font
is not installed on your PC.
Open Power Converter and just click on Convert button.

Power Converter will automatically detect the font with
which the document is written and will convert the
document to the format specified in the CONVERT
DOCUMENT TO box.
The document will be converted on-line.
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4.8.
Working with non-Power Ge'ez Fonts
If you have fonts of other Ethiopic Software installed in your

PC; you do not need to convert your documents. However, you
may want to use those fonts to do word-processing. Power
Ge'ez 2010 supports fonts of four other Ethiopic software
packages, namely, Agafari, Alpas, Feedel, NCI, SAMAWARFA,
and Visual Ge'ez. This gives Power Ge'ez the ability to read 27
different types of fonts provided by the above stated software
packages. Power Ge'ez provides a very easy way of using nonPower Ge'ez fonts. For instance, if you want to use one of
Visual Ge'ez fonts, lets say VG2 Main, follow the these steps,
Set the font on your word-processor to VG2 Main.
From Setting Dialog set Type of font to Use to Visual

Ge'ez.
Now you are ready to do word-processing with VG2 Main

font. Just start typing as you used to do with Power Ge'ez
fonts.
4.9.
Other Phonetic Keyboard Layouts
If you are already familiar with Phonetic Keyboard Layout of

Agafari, Alpas, SAMAWARFA or Visual Ge'ez, Power Ge'ez has
good news for you. Power Ge'ez 2010 provides you with the
option of using Phonetic Keyboard Layout of the above stated
Amharic software packages. For instance, to change Phonetic
Keyboard Layout from the default Power Ge'ez style to Agafari.
From Power Ge'ez Menu select on SETTINGS menu item.
Power Ge'ez Settings Dialog will appear on the screen.
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Select Agafari from PHONETIC KEYBOARD LAYOUT TYPE combo

box and then click on APPLY button.
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About Concepts Data Systems PLC

Mission
Founded
in
1999,
Concepts Data Systems
is
a software
development firm established with a vision of developing stateof-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
Reengineering of existing applications
Database design and implementation
Web design and development
Network design and Installation
Some of our products

Power Suite - is an integrated management information
system (MIS). Power Suite is composed of five business
software applications namely, accounting, payroll, stock, fixed
asset and human resource systems.
Power Voice - is software based auto-attendant telephone
PBX system. The system can perform standard features of a
PBX and more. It can also completely replace human telephone
operator fully automating your inter office communication.
Power Stock - is a complete inventory complete system
specially designed for big warehouses, spare part shops, and
pharmacies.
The
system
can
handle
sales,
expiry
date
information, general stock movement, etc.

Power Payroll - is a payroll management system developed
to work with the current tax system of Ethiopia.
Power Personnel - is a human-resource-management
system.
Power Med - is software package specifically designed for
hospitals and small clinics (like dental and eye clinics). The
software keeps track of appointment records, credit and
payment information on each patient.
Power Lib - is library management system.

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FEATURES OF POWER GE'EZ 2010...................2

INSTALLING POWER GE'EZ 2010.......2

UNINSTALLING POWER GE'EZ 2010...3

NOTE FOR MS-WORD USERS...............4

USING POWER GE'EZ 2010...............5

STARTING AND EXITING POWER GE'EZ 2010..5

ABOUT CONCEPTS DATA SYSTEMS PLC.....23

Concepts Data Systems, Pvt. Ltd. Co.

Power Ge'ez 2010 User's Manual

Configuration. The Typewriter Keyboard Configuration emulates

Configuration, one does not need to have prior knowledge of

Power Ge'ez 2010 User's Manual

novices as well as experts. In simple terms, Power Ge'ez

Features of Power Ge'ez 2010

Supports the new National Keyboard Standard.

Supports 64 bit computers.

Automatic font recognition.

Comes with UNICODE and non-UNICODE fonts.

Supports email communication.

It can convert documents written in other Ethiopic fonts.

Supports sorting and searching features.

Emulates the Phonetic Keyboard Layout of Agafari, Alpas,

Support for all types of UNICODE fonts and Agafari,

Two installation licenses on one diskette/CD.

Power Ge'ez 2010 has proven to work on virtually all

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Power Ge'ez 2010 User's Manual

2. Note For MS-Word Users

From TOOLS menu of MS-Word select AUTO CORRECT. See

Disable all the AUTO CORRECT options.

Select AUTO FORMAT AS YOU TYPE tab and disable STRAIGHT

SMART QUOTES option.

Disable Symbol characters (--) with (-) option.

Select AUTO FORMAT tab and disable SYMBOL

Disable STRAIGHT QUOTES

SMART QUOTES option.

If these features of MS-Word are not disabled, Ethiopic

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3. Keyboard Language/Layout Settings

Start Windows operating system.

Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.

Keyboard Properties screen will appear on the screen.

Make sure the Language is set to English and Keyboard

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4. Using Power Ge'ez 2010

Starting and Exiting Power Ge'ez 2010

Very Important Note !

Open Power Ge'ez 2010 program group/folder.

Double click on Power Ge'ez 2010 icon.

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To exit from Power Ge'ez 2010, from Power Ge'ez menu

Task Bar icon

Upon startup, Power Ge'ez 2010 places an icon on the system

Shows the current keyboard status:- Place the mouse