Use Smiley & Emoticons In Windows 8 [How To]

Windows 8 brings lots of new features and improvements in terms of performance, like the new Metro user interface or the new file management system. A feature that was not present in previous versions of Windows is the use of emoticons and smiley shortcuts when typing.
The next generation of the operating system, called Windows 8 has been designed by Microsoft to be used on desktop PC’s, tablets and later on with a slimmed down version, on Windows Phone devices. This means that the user will likely use smiley and emoticons in Windows 8 quite often, given the high number of social apps from the Start Screen that come by default with the operating system.
Windows 8 has been seriously optimized to be used easily on touch screen computers (tablets and PC’s) so Microsoft had to do some changes for the keyboard as well. As a result, they considered really important to have smiley and emoticons in Windows 8 only a finger touch away.

Use Smiley & Emoticons In Windows 8 How To

Here is how you can access the smiley and emoticons in Windows 8 using keyboard shortcuts on your tablet or desktop PC. Press the key with the Windows logo and the R key at the same time to open the run program box from Windows 8. Now you have to type in ‘tabtip’ to be able to access the smiley and emoticons in Windows 8.
Now go back to the desktop and then right click/tap anywhere selecting the Touch Keyboard from the Toolbars menu. When the Touch Keyboard in Windows 8 appears on the screen you  have to click or tap on the dedicated Smiley key to switch between the characters and emoticons layout of the keyboard. Using the arrow keys you will be able to go through all the emoticons on the Touch Keyboard, if you are not able to view them completely.
Let us know your opinion on how well or bad is the smiley & emoticon in Windows 8 Touch Keyboard.
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