How to Use Emojis in Windows 10
It’s easy to begin using emojis in Windows 10. Firstly, we need to enable the touch keyboard. To do so, right click your taskbar and select Show touch keyboard button (if it isn’t already ticked). This will place a new keyboard icon within your taskbar’s notification area.
Click this new icon and a keyboard will appear on your screen. Note that, confusingly, this is actually different to the on-screen keyboard which can be enabled within Settings. On this keyboard, next to space and Ctrl, you’ll see a smiling face. Click this to access the emoji selection.
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Along the bottom are the different categories, like recently used, food, and travel, which you can click to explore all the different types of emojis. The arrows on the left-hand side can be used to scroll back and forth between the various pages. To input an emoji, whether it be on Twitter or in a comments section, simply click your cursor within the relevant text box and then select the emoji.
Bear in mind that although the operating system supports emojis, not all programs within it will. One notable exception is Google Chrome, which currently lacks emoji support in its Windows version.
You’ll also find that not all supported emojis are actually accessible from this keyboard. For example, you can’t actually select skin tone nor the Middle Finger emoji, despite Windows 10 supporting it. For these emojis and some others, you’ll have to copy and paste them from a website like Get Emoji. Hopefully a future update of Windows 10 will patch in support for these within the touch keyboard.
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