How do I type accented characters in windows?

How do I type accented characters in windows? I heard that you can hold alt and type out some cryptic numeric code to get characters like accented letters. Is there a way to do this more like the mac way?
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bert [Entry]

Windows is such a pain. I've been using copypastechar to grab them and paste in. :P

bert [Entry]

An alternative would be installing a multilingual keyboard layout (such as Canadian Multilingual) and use the hotkeys (ALT+SHIFT in Vista and 7) to alternate between that and your normal keyboard layout.

bert [Entry]

I use AllChars on a daily basis. It emulates X-style Compose key, allowing me to quickly type all those annoying characters like ©, ® and °.
I use AllChars on a daily basis. It emulates X-style Compose key, allowing me to quickly type all those annoying characters like ©, ® and °.

bert [Entry]

"You could try WinCompose, you assign a hot key such as right Alt or right Ctrl, then tap that to activate WinCompose, then enter the required key sequences to create the character you want.

github.com/samhocevar/wincompose

e.g. ö is created by doing (=> means next character in the sequence)

WinCompose (right alt for me) => o => ""

You can even do unicode symbols etc.

bert [Entry]

Windows 8 has a Touch Keyboard, which by default only shows if you have a touchscreen, but you can set it to show even if you don't. With Touch Keyboard, you can press and hold a letter, and it will show you its accented variants.