How to type French accent with a Qwerty keyboard and Windows 10?

Hi,

You can find the answer here : https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/31656/shortcuts-for-french-accents-on-qwerty-keyboards/

I think using the system utility Character Map (present since windows 3.x!) is the way to get these character into any text box in any application. 

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/how-to-access-accents-using-windows-10-on-a-querty/4664f4f5-1313-4f17-961f-143022c55e56

Window key -> Character Map

Windows 10 (but should work in older versions): To my mind there is only one useful way, and it is simple, intuitive, but well hidden ...

Find and add the US International keyboard. This has dead-key functionality on accent characters such as `'^~ etc. So you type 'e which gives you é and so forth. It's quick, intuitive, doesn't require memorisation of codes or particular keys.

The only problem is the way it is nested away. User Settings > Time and Language > Region and Language, install English United States, click on this and select Options, then add United-States International Qwerty as the input method, then remove the standard US keyboard (if you're not using it).

Switch between keyboards any time with Windows key + Space. 

Great tip Ian!  Thank you for that, works très bien.

It is beautiful because you can switch on the fly (formats not keyboards, at first I wondered if you need an International capable keyboard), without having to remember codes.  Though some things might have to be memorized or looked up as needed.  For example, for an umlaute, you press the quotation marks " (or shift+") followed by e or a etc...  A simple search should answer most questions.  My query for the umlaute was "umlaute on us-international keyboard".  Super easy and the best AND most current (windows 10) suggestion I found.  Thanks again Ian.