How To Create A Smiley Face Using Keyboard

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This wikiHow teaches you how to type a smiley symbol on an iPhone using the default keyboard, on Android using the Google Keyboard (Gboard), on a Windows computer using a keyboard with a numeric keypad, as well as how to type a smiley symbol on Macs and Chromebooks. Microsoft Office also has it's own command for typing a smiley symbol as well.

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Click on the location where you want to insert the symbol.
- If your keyboard doesn't have a dedicated numeric keypad but has one as a sub-function of other keys, press Fn or NumLock to activate the numeric keypad.
- Even if the keys are unlabeled, the keypad will still work when Num Lock is on.^[1]
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Press Alt .

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Press 1 on the keypad for ☺.
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Press 2 on the keypad for ☻.

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Click on the location where you want to insert the symbol.
- This method only works in applications that support Unicode, like WordPad.
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Type 263a and press Alt+X for ☺.
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Type 263b and press Alt+X for ☻.

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Click on the location where you want to insert the symbol.
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Click on Edit in the menu bar.
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Click on Emoji & Symbols… . This launches a dialog box.
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Alternatively, press ⌘+Control+spacebar to launch the dialog box.
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Click on the smiley you want to insert.

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Click on the location where you want to insert the smiley.
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Press Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+U
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Type 263a and press ↵ Enter for ☺.
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Type 283b and press ↵ Enter for ☻.

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Click on the location where you want to insert the smiley.
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Type : ). It will instantly be converted into ☺.

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Tap in the location where you want to insert the symbol.
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Tap 😀 . This is the key for the Emoji keyboard and it's located to the left of the spacebar.
- If you have additional keyboards installed, tap and hold 🌐 , then tap Emoji.
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Tap 😀 at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the smile emoji you want to insert.

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Tap in the location where you want to insert the symbol.
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Tap ?123 . It's to the left of the spacebar:
- Type :) for 🙂 .
- Type :, then tap ABC and type D for 😄 .
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How can I write the @ symbol on a PC?

Look for the key marked @ and hold Shift as you press it. This should be the 2 key on the number row of a standard QWERTY keyboard. If that fails, hold the alt key and press the 6 key on the number pad followed by the 4 key on the number pad, then release the alt key.
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I can't see a smile, I see a frown. Why is that?

You need to hold "shift" and the "0" for a smile. "Shift" and "9" will give you a frown.
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I tried the technique in the article but it did not work. When I press the "alt" key nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

Maybe you haven't released the two buttons.
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How do I use the alt buttons to make smiles on a keyboard? What do I do if it's not working?

Hold down the alt key and type in the numbers 1 or 2 and let go. A smile will appear where you're typing.
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None of them worked, why?

Maybe you aren't holding down alt or you skipped a step or did one wrong. Read the steps again carefully and do exactly as they say.
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It's not working! How do I do this?

Use the 10 keypad to the right of the keyboard instead of the numbers above the letters.
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How do I make a smile on a keyboard?

Open Microsoft Word, press alt and 1 from the 10 number video to get white smilies. if you want black colour smilies, press alt and 2.
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When I type :), Word turns it into a smiley face. How do I get rid of the smiley face so only the :) remains?

James Laurence

Community Answer

Often it will auto correct. To avoid this, you will have to go into the autocorrect settings in the general settings of Microsoft Word, and turn autocorrect off. Alternatively: The smiley face is created after you press the space bar. So enter in :), press space, and then remove the space and then put the space back. That should do it.