Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-04)

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Use emoji when

writing in Windows 10

“You’reprobablyusedtoaddingemojitotext

messagesandsocialmediaposts,butyoucanalso

usethemwithinWindowsviatheemojikeyboard”

moji– thoselittlesmiley

facesandothersymbols

usedtoexpressfeelingsand

ideasintextmessagesandsocial

mediaposts– havebecomepartof

modernlanguage.Whilesome

peoplefindemojia littlesilly,most

havefullyembracedthem,anduse

themtoaddemotionanda little

pizzazztowhattheywrite.

Butthereis noneedtolimityour

useofemojitothelikesofFacebook

andmessagingapps.Youcanuse

Windows10’semojikeyboardtoadd

themtojustaboutanyapplication

withoutcopyingandpasting.

Microsofthardlyadvertisesthe

feature,butonceyou’vetriedit out,

you’llfallinlovewithit andstart

usingit morethanyoumightthink.

Togainaccesstotheemoji

keyboard,youjustneedtohave

Windows10’s/AutumnCreators

Update(Windows 10 version1709)

orlaterinstalled.

1 Accessingtheemojikeyboard

Therearetwokeyboardshortcutsyoucanusetoaccessthe

emoji keyboard(sometimesalsoreferredtoastheemojipanel):

press either[Win]and[;]or[Win]and[.]toactivateit.Whenyou

press eitheroftheseshortcuts,thekeyboardwillpopintoview

ready for youtouse– andtherearevariouswaysyoucan

navigate andusetheemojithatareavailable.

2 Ty p i n g e m oj i

Whether you’re typing online or in an application such as

Microsoft Word, the process of entering emoji is the same. As you

type, press the shortcut to call up the emoji keyboard and browse

through the selection of emoji that is on offer. When you’ve found

what you need, just click the one you’re interested in and it will be

entered into the text. The emoji keyboard will close automatically.

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Step-by-step Using the emoji keyboard

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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30 |^ |^ April 2020