How to access the Tilde key with a French Keyboard?

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In Illustrator, "Tilde" key ~ seems to have some magical power:

According to Adobe's site, it can "transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool".

Sounds great! I wish I could play around with it, but... I use a French keyboard. No such key on my keyboard.

² key is not working. And to access the tilde character, I must combine alt + é/2 keys, which obviously results to a duplication of the selected object.

I know I could change my keyboard through the Windows regional settings, but maybe there's another way.

Maybe this key is hidden somewhere, or maybe I could change it through the keyboard shortcuts menu.

Any help appreciated.

Specs: CS6 - Windows 7

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I've been looking for a solution myself for this after seeing a demo about the magic behind the tilde key in Illustrator. As I do not have the ² key, I've been tapping around my keyboard and accidentally found that the key left of the W (the one with an arow pointing left and on top there's one pointing to the right) does the same trick 🙂

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So I have a french-Canadian QWERTY keyboard, live in Quebec.. I am able to move patterns within and object with both selection and direct selection tool and alt+the u accent to the left of the z, when I press shift and that same letter I get the Tilde ~......Hope this helps