Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Polish for the shortcuts to create the Polish diacritical marks. Here is the writeup- they have a chart that you can print out for a cheat sheet.

Polish programmers use QWERTY keyboards identical with standard US layout. In this layout Polish letters are accessed in the same manner as the usage of keyboard shortcuts, with Latin letter keys in combination with right Alt (actually working as AltGr) key. These key combinations (exluding one for “€”) obey states of both Shift and Caps Lock keys, preserving normal capitalization while typing Polish characters. For example, to obtain capital “Ź” pressing Shift-rightAlt-X is needed, with Caps Lock off. Note that usage of right Alt in Polish programmers layout may be confusive with Alt-A, Alt-C etc. (which are common shortcuts in most programs and can be obtained only with left Alt) because the key really acting as AltGr is also marked as Alt. This fact is based on usage (and thus selling) in Poland almost only US-layout keyboards (with Alt marked both keys, without AltGr) although Microsoft officially depicts it as AltGr [1]. It can be easily verified by examining the pictures of models offered everywhere in Poland (e.g., keyboars on big wholesale [2], and auctions [3], Poland, 2008).
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Polish

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