Use number codes for French accents

If you are still having problems finding French accents on an English keyboard (see previous letters), try this:

If it is not already on, turn on number lock by pressing the Num Lock key.

Hold down the Alt key and type the four-digit code for the character you want using the number pad on your keyboard.

Here are some of the character codes for French accents:

a with grave accent
à ALT + 133
À ALT + 0192

a with circumflex
â ALT + 131
 ALT + 0194

a with tréma
ä ALT + 132
Ä ALT + 142

a e ligature
æ ALT + 145
Æ ALT + 146

c with cedilla
ç ALT + 135
Ç ALT + 128

e with acute accent
é ALT + 130
É ALT + 144

e with grave accent
è ALT + 138
È ALT + 0200

e with circumflex
ê ALT + 136
Ê ALT + 0202

e with tréma
ë ALT + 137
Ë ALT + 0203

i with circumflex
î ALT + 140
Î ALT + 0206

i with tréma
ï ALT + 139
Ï ALT + 0207

o with circumflex
ô ALT + 147
Ô ALT + 0212

o e ligature
œ ALT + 0156
ΠALT + 0140

u with grave accent
ù ALT + 151
Ù ALT + 0217

u with circumflex
û ALT + 150
Û ALT + 0219

u with tréma
ü ALT + 129
Ü ALT + 154

Euro symbol
€ ALT + 0128

This works on my PC running Windows XP and also ran on Windows 98 on a previous computer.
Norman Walker, Deux-Sèvres