smileys

[jenniss]

for some reason i cant use smileys in aby documents - word, emails etc

i do a but it never turns into a smile (i know it wont do it on here)

is there anyway turning it on/off?

i am running on xp

 

[Bob I]

emoticons are not part of the Office suite. But you can use "Insert,
Symbol, Symbols, Subset: Miscellaneous Dingbats

 

[M Skabialka]

Look under Tools, Autocorrect options. You can add or delete them there.

I have a bunch of emoticons which came with Windows or Office. I have never
created them any other way.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Bob

If I type this character string into MS Word 2003.. .. it puts up a
smiley face on screen.. I have not made any changes to allow this, so I
guess it must be a default in the 2003 version..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

 

[Beth Melton]

The smileys are AutoCorrect entries. Take a look under
Tools/AutoCorrect and verify "Replace text as you type" is turned on.
If it is then check the list and verify the smileys are in the list -
they should be near the top.

If they aren't there then you can recreate them. However I suspect
they weren't necessarily deleted but they were removed after you
created a new Normal.dot by saving a Word document/template as
Normal.dot. Since smileys are symbols they are stored as Rich Text
AutoCorrect entries which are stored in your Normal.dot rather than an
*.acl file which is where your plain text AutoCorrect entries are
stored.

In this case you are also probably missing your AutoText entries as
well. These are found under Insert/AutoText/AutoText. If that's the
case then I suggest you create a new Normal.dot by renaming your old
one and allowing Word to generate a new one. Only Word can create a
'true' Normal.dot.

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[Beth Melton]

They are part of AutoCorrect and have been included by default since
Office 97.

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[Bob I]

That is Wingding char number 74. So it is doing an "Autocorrect"
replacement.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

TY guys and gals.. it took me completely by surprise the first time..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

 

[Bob I]

I was of the belief that the OP was refering to those "emoticon images"
you find in the "Web browser e-mail". As in the "pretty colored "7-up"
dot characters".