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[Brian]

On an English keyboard what do you type to get a circumflex accent on the o [I just copied yours] or the grave accent on a or e? I found the acute é by an accidental misstype 

There are many ways, including holding down 'ALT' and typing the 3 or 4 digit ASCII code for the character concerned. Thus
Ô is achieved y holding down 'ALT' and typing 0212 on the numeric keypad - it doesn't work if you use the digits above the letter part of the keyboard.
Here's a table (which I have printed out and keep with my laptop) showing the charcters and their codes:

A
à = Alt + 133
á = Alt + 160
â = Alt + 131
À = Alt + 0192
Á = Alt + 0193
 = Alt + 0194

E
é = Alt + 130
è = Alt + 138
ê = Alt + 136
ë = Alt + 137
É = Alt + 144
È = Alt + 0200
Ê = Alt + 0201
Ë = Alt + 0203

I
î = Alt + 140
ï = Alt + 139
Î = Alt + 0206
Ï = Alt + 0207

O
ó = Alt + 162
ô = Alt + 147
Ó = Alt + 0211
Ô = Alt + 0212

U
ù = Alt + 151
û = Alt + 150
Ù = Alt + 0217
Û = Alt + 0219

Æ
æ = Alt + 145
Æ = Alt + 146

C
ç = Alt + 135

Quotation Marks
« = Alt + 174
» = Alt + 175

There's also a very handy website where you can follow some very easy instructions to type accents, then copy and paste the text. It can be found at French Typeit.

I hope this helps!

Brian