Typing French Accents

How do I type french accents? Do you use some sort of code like with a windows computer? Any help would be greatly apprectiated.
Thanks

[Option]+[e] = ´
[Option]+[`] = `
To place the accent above the vowel, just type the vowel after the accent combination. So for instance:
[Option]+[e] [e]= é
[Option]+[e] [a]= á
[Option]+[`] [e]= è
This page by Tom Gewecke has a complete list of accents and diacritics
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/diacritics.html
Also, you can see all options by showing the Keyboard Viewer and holding [Option] and [Shift]+[Option]

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