How do I convert :) to a smiley in my e-mails?

[laws]

Where is the setting to convert to a smile in an e-mail?

 

[grep]

Unless your mailer will do it on its own, you don't. I guess, if you
wanted to, and you're using HTML email, you could drop a smiley image in
there...

grep

 

[Brian Tillman]

Where is the setting to convert to a smile in an e-mail?

AutoCorrect will do that.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Not possible with Outlook 97-2003.

Sure it is, at least in OL 2003. AutoCorrect, either in the Outlook
built-in editor or in Word, can to it.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Ok, in works in OL 2003 with Word as email editor ¡X sorry OP! But not
with the Outlook built-in editor, at least not on my computer. When I
compose an (html-)email with Outlook's editor the "" doesn't switch
to a smiley, whereas it works when I use Word as editor.

I don't use HTML, but it sure works for Plain Text and Rich Text when using
the built-in editor.

 

[Brian Tillman]

It doesn't work neither with HTML, nor with Plain- and Rich-Text! It
also doesn't work with word when using Plain- or Rich-Text. I don't
know the reason why it works on your computer but not on my (Outlook
2003 up-to-date). Might it be that is be related to the different
language versions of our Outlook's?

Beats me. I use English Outlook and when I click
Tools>Options>Spelling>AutoCorrect and check "Replace text as you type", I
can put in the left hand "Replace" field and ☺ in the right-hand "With"
field and Outlook's editor does the replacement in both Plain Text and Rich
Text. Perhaps you didn't scroll down far enough or perhaps I added the
replacement myself.