Here are a few ways to use french acccents
This is a link to a website where you can use french accents http://french.typeit.org/
When using the Alt codes make sure that you have your num lock on


  1. Open Control Panel
  2. Double-click "Regional and Language Options"
  3. Click "Languages"
  4. Click "Details"
  5. Click "Add"
  6. Under "Input Language," pick the language you want to add*
  7. Under "Keyboard layout/IME" make your selection
  8. Click OK in each dialog window