A keyboard layout used in France and neighboring countries. A, Z, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. AZERTY is similar to the QWERTY layout, except that Q and A are ...

“I don’t find it practical at all,” he says of his AZERTY keyboard. “Everyone like me will welcome this initiative from the government, which has finally recognized that the French ...

For English speakers, the first attempt to use a French computer keyboard is often a rude shock. Unlike in the UK or US, keyboards in France are based on the "AZERTY" system, a subtly but (to ...

When I first encountered a French AZERTY keyboard as an ex-pat, I thought "this isn't so bad." The letter layout is similar to QWERTY, so I reckoned that typing in français would be a snap.

Hugh Schofield looks at the quirks of the AZERTY keyboard France's 100 year-old AZERTY keyboard - the equivalent of the English-language QWERTY - is to be reconfigured after the government ruled ...

Since 1865, the Azerty keyboard has resisted all attempts at rationalisation, and there have been several: in 1907, the ZHJAY layout was proposed, followed by another in 1976 and two more attempts ...

One alternative is to switch to an AZERTY keyboard, so called because the "A" and "Z" keys are swapped with the "Q" and "W" keys. Once you switch keyboards, you must change your keyboard ...