Anyone know which is the "accent" key on a keyboard?

Answer 1

its either the tilde key before or after the word you type. or try the special characters menu

Answer 2

I would try and elaborate on the question.
I for instance used the computer a lot to translate into French and obviously there is more than 1 accent required.
If this is not for writing long texts requiring many accented letters, Character Map from Accessories-System Tools (assuming you use Windows) is good enough to either Copy/Paste or even use the ASCII code (for instance "é" is done by keeping Alt key pressed and typing 0233 on the numerical pad).
Otherwise, in a word processor like Microsoft Word (regardless of the version) or even OpenOffice, you can assign key combinations to the various accented letters.
(I can elaborate on that if need is).
Some people choose to add the French keyboard layout and switch to it when typing the accents. In this case, though, you'll have to know what the key map looks like, some signs or even characters are different for the French keyboards.

Answer 3

Hi. Try 'Start> All Programs> Accessories> System tools> Character Map".

Answer 4

If you just want the accent ^ alone it is normally shifted 6. To use it with a letter I can't think of it at all, not one I've ever used.