Another approach (maybe simpler, specifically if you only need to use an accented character occasionally) is to left-click on the "Start" button in Windows, and type the command "charmap" . This brings up a table of characters and letters, including the accented chararacters used in French. You can then left-click the accented character you want, click the select button, and then scroll over the character and click "Ctrl-C" (to copy to the clipboard), then go where you need to add the character and click Ctrl-V (or Shift-Insert) to insert the character. Clear enough ?? LOL. Thank-you, Bill Gates