How to access blue keys

[Jmilo]

How do I access the blue keys on my keyboard?

[banhien]

@Jmilo 

You have to use 2 keys. Please hold down Blue Fn key  then press other key(s).

Regards.

[areyousure]

Not sure if this will apply to your hardware - I have an HP Envy x360 purchased in Canada.

One way to enable the blue keys is to add the Canadian French keyboard layout to an existing language. For example, if the current language/layout is English(Canada) with US keyboard, go to
Settings; Time & Language; Language and Region; ...(beside English(Canada)); Language Options; Keyboards; Installed Keyboards; Add a Keyboard. Pick Canadian French to add it.

Another way is to add French (Canada) as a Language. It will default to using the Canadian French keyboard.

Whichever way you choose, the language/layout currently in use is shown in the System Tray on the right side of Taskbar. To switch between them, either click on the current language/layout indicator and select or use Win+Spacebar to cycle.

With the Canadian French layout selected:

• some of the blue keys will work directly (< on the \ key, beside pg up, # on the ` key (back-tick - upper left) ),
• some require Right-Alt plus the key (¼ on the 0 key, @ on the 2 key),
• others require Fn plus the key (« on the l key), and
• a few require Fn plus Right-Alt plus the key (° on the l key).

Add Shift to many of these to get alternate formats (» instead of «, É instead of é, " instead of 2).

Finally, some blue keys act as modifier keys (also know as dead keys) to add an accent to the next-typed letter; to get c cedilla (cé cédille) click on the ] key (nothing happens) then the letter c. Et voilà: ç

Click Win+Spacebar to switch back to your original language/layout.