7 Typing symbols and kaomoji
The emoji keyboard is about more than just emoji; it
can also be used to enter various commonly used symbols
and Japanese punctuation-based kaomoji. When you activate
the keyboard, you can access the symbols section by clicking
the omega icon and, again, symbols are divided into numerous
individual sections.
8 Emoji keyboard options
There is only one setting relating to the emoji keyboard. By
default, after you use the keyboard it will disappear from view. If
you regularly need to enter more than one emoji in a row, you can
change this. Click the Start button, type “emoji” and click the
Emoji panel settings option. Tick the box labelled Don’t close the
panel automatically after an emoji has been entered. Q5
Customising emoji
Some emoji can be customised. Emoji showing people can
have various skin tones, and rather than display several versions
of the same emoji, the keyboard just shows one of each, and gives
you the option of changing skin colour. Call up the emoji
keyboard, move to the people section and you’ll see six coloured
dots. Click one, and the emoji will all change to this skin tone.
3 Finding emoji
There are a couple of ways to find the emoji you need. The
first is to simply scroll through the varied selection until you find
what you want. With so many to choose from, there’s no need to
scroll through dozens and dozens to get to one near the end, you
can click the icons representing the six categories – including
people, food and animals – to home in on what you’re looking for.
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Frequently used emoji
When you launch the emoji keyboard, the clock icon can be
used to access your frequently used emoji. This saves you from
searching or scrolling through the lengthy list. You will notice that
the order of emoji shown in this section changes over time to
reflect your use of emoji – so if you use a laughing smiley a lot, it
will appear at the top of the list.4 Searching for emoji
When you have been using emoji for a while, you get to
know what’s available – and there are probably several that
you use far more frequently than others. Right after you have
activated the emoji keyboard, start typing your search term
– such as “smile”, “car” or “avocado” – and the emoji that match
your search term will be displayed ready for you to click on.Explore
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