French Keyboard Apostrophe Direct

On a standard French AZERTY keyboard, the apostrophe shares a dedicated physical key with the number in the top alphanumeric row.

Let's check the standard French AZERTY (Windows): french keyboard apostrophe

Row 1: A Z E R T Y U I O P ^ $ Row 2: Q S D F G H J K L M ù * Row 3: < W X C V B N , ; : ! – That's incorrect. Let's stop confusion. On a standard French AZERTY keyboard, the apostrophe

If you are using a standard French AZERTY keyboard (common in France): On a standard French AZERTY keyboard

Pressing the 4 key directly on an AZERTY profile outputs the straight apostrophe ( ' ).

The French Canadian layout is based on the US QWERTY design but modified for French characters.