French accents on apple american keyboard

Does anyone know how to set up a "logical" keyboard so I can get international characters on the regular mac keyboard?
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Thanks so much,
jazzhorn

Type pressing the following keystrokes:
+Option & e+, then e
+Option & u+, then u
+Option & a+, then a.
You can mix and match the above.
Alternatively navigate to Apple menu > System Preferences > International > Input Menu and set the keyboard to French. Also check to show the Input Menu in the menu bar so that you can make the change quickly.
mrtotes

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