Suddenly strange French characters appearing instead of what the keyboard shows

I have a brand new HP Touchless 520-1050 with a wireless keyboard. I have the language set to Canadian English (and I double checked that by checking via the control panel). There is a button on the keyboard (2nd from the left bottom row) that says Fn which I assume has something to do with French. I have touched some combination of keys on the keyboard and now I am getting characters that differ from what appears on the keyboard. For example, instead of getting a question mark when I hit that key, I get this: É. or this é depending whether or not I hit the shift key. How to I undo what I have unwittingly doneÉ
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Hello MarmMM:
Welcome to HP's forum. Canadian language uses both English and French. Goto your Control Panel and on top right you will see View BY. Change it to veiw Large Icons. Now look for Region and Language click on it. It should open Formats screen. Now click on Keyboard and Languages (Tab on top) You will see Choose a display language . It is the bottom one if it is written in French. Select your language you like to use. If you whant to check your keyboard lay out. Click on top one Change Keyboard and switch it back to the right language settings if changes were made there also. Please click on Kudos if this has resolved your issue. Thank you frrw.

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