Tracking Pad Trouble, Mysterious Symbols?

I'm having some problems with my new computer, and I can't seem to find help, hopefully you guys can help.
I have this problem where I accidently strike some keys (I'm a sloppy typer) and I get these weird symbols on my keybord (their the ones in blue, and no matter what combination of keys I press, I can't seem to reset it unless I restart my computer.
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Now the second problem I have is with my tracking pad. I have a little light on it (You can see at the bottom of the picture, below the keyboard in the 2nd picture) and it turns on (orange) and I get this litle sign on my screen that fades away, it has a picture of a pointer hand on the tracking pad with a red line horizontally across the image.
After that appears, my tracking pad locks and I can't use it at all, but the keyboard works (I have to restart my computer to get the tracking pad to work).
Please help me, I can't find anything on the internet.
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Hi,
The symbols in Blue may be being activated by pressing the fn key - the next time this happens, try pressing the fn key again to see if this toggles back to normal keyboard entry.
Regarding the touchpad, the Orange light you see coming on ( and the touchpad turning off ) is probably caused by double tapping the top left corner of the Touchpad. Double tapping this area again should toggle the Touchpad back on.
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