JULY 2019 PCWorld 117A kaomoji, meanwhile, is to an
emoticon like a finished painting is
to a rough sketch: a complex
arrangement of symbols that
approaches art. With a kaomoji,
you can express a complex idea
that an emoji or emoticon simply
can’t: flipping a table in anger
, a double
finger-pistol gesture , or
even the obscure meme where
CSI Miami’s David Caruso takes
off (or puts on) his sunglasses
before saying something profound
.
How do you access emoji, or
kaomoji, or symbols within
Windows 10? You can do it all with
the same Windows shortcut: the
WIN + ; shortcut (or WIN + .),
where you hold down the
Windows key, then type a
semicolon. You can even access
the new Emoji 12 emoji, which
include representations of things
like diving masks and flamingos,
from the same keyboard.
Alternatively, you can right-click a
text box, and you should see an
emoji option pop-up.
There’s just one catch: You’ll
need the Windows 10 May 2019
Update (go.pcworld.com/10ma) to
access the new kaomoji, also
The first option that the emoji keyboard reveals, is,
unsurprisingly, emoji. You can either click what you’re looking
for, type in a search request at the top, or move to the kaomoji
or symbols tab. Notice the nav bar at the bottom to move
between categories.Here’s what the kaomoji keyboard looks like. Note there’s a
bit more explanation of how Windows organizes kaomoji as
part of the nav bar at the bottom.