A replacement for \u00xx?

A replacement for \u00xx?

Hello, if I want to assign a text to an html element with JS, I'm used to write for instance (backslash)u00F3 if there is an "ó" character.

Is there a way to avoid having to type the unicode using jQuery? So i could type the character directly, or at least in an easier way?

I'm using Dreamweaver and in a PHP documente if you type an "&" it opens a small window with all the special characters and you just have to chose it, but not so in a JS document.

Thank you.