Did you type the entity as I did with plus (+) sign? If so, you should not. The reason I typed the (+) is to show you the entire syntax of the entity. Otherwise, UT would just show the character with the accent. So you need to type it all together, ê Sorry if I am not helpful here.
>That did not work so well:
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>RESULT: Les anc& + # + 234 + ';tres de la famille de Champenois aux Etats-Unis et la France
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>With the ALT + 0234 I got the following result:
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>Les anc‚Yes de la famille de Champenois aux Etats-Unis et la France
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