lemaire@darboux.math.univ-montp2.fr writes:
> I have just intalled TexLive 5c for Windows NT. Please can you answer the
> following question.
> How to deal with the french accents in Latex, directly ie without the \
> command?
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
and then use whatever your keyboard produces.
this is explained in normal LaTeX books.
sebastian