Suddenly strange characters French appearing instead of what the keyboard shows

I have a brand new 520-1050 HP cleaner with a wireless keyboard.  I have the language set on Canadian English (and I double checked that by checking via the control panel).  There is a button on the keyboard (2nd from the bottom line to the left) that says Fn which I assume has something to do with the French.  I hit a combination of keys on the keyboard and now I get characters that are different from what appears on the keyboard.  For example, instead of getting an exclamation mark when I hit this key, I get this: e. or this e depending on whether or not I hit the SHIFT key.  How do I cancel what I have unwittingly given

Hello MarmMM:

Welcome to HP forum. Language of the Canada uses the English and the French. GoTo your control panel and top-right you see BY. Change it to veiw large icons. Now search for region and language, click on it. It should open the screen Formats. Now click on keyboard and languages (tab at the top) you will see choose a display language. It is at the bottom one if it is written in French. Select the language you want to use. If you want to check your keyboard state. Click on change keyboard and switch to the right language settings if changes were made there also. Please click on Bravo if this solves your problem. Thank you frrw.

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