SmileY's, hearts etc

[Marilyn1959]

How do you insert smiley faces etc into posts / responses? I think these are great and I would occasionally like to use them to indicate the tone some of my replies, but haven't sussed out how to include them.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Some people have them on their phones/ipads or whatever. Can't help there I'm afraid

But you can type some in very easily:

is a colon followed by close bracket

is a colon followed by open bracket

is a semicolon followed by close bracket

[Marilyn1959 in reply to PMRpro]

I can do it

I ♡ U. Thank you!!!!!! My 'first time' awe and wonder aged 59 of creating smileys is down to you and Telian! Wow!

[Rose54]

Hi

As PMRpro says if you have them on your phone can do it from thier.

If not Google Emoji Loads to choose from just copy and post .

[Marilyn1959 in reply to Rose54]

I have a Samsung phone. If emailing or texting I can insert emoji by just pressing screen and selecting insert but it doesn't seem to work on replies. Thank you though.

[Kenneth77]

Do you have a Mac computer???

[Marilyn1959 in reply to Kenneth77]

No. Usually you Samsung phone.

[SheffieldJane]

What is your device Marilyn? My iPad has an icon at the bottom of the screen and I get a page of them. You could google it for your machine. 🧐😉

[Marilyn1959 in reply to SheffieldJane]

Use my Samsung phone usually, but do have ipad. I shall see if I have better luck with that. Thanks Jane.

[Hollyseden in reply to Marilyn1959]

Just spotted this, belatedly. I also use a Samsung phone and just to left of the space bar is a smiley face. Tap on it and whole bundle of emojis appear.

[Marilyn1959]

♡♡♡ have found a heart! Hurrah! At least it is a start!

[Joaclp]

I have a recent Samsung phone. Mine has a little face on the keyboard that opens up options, though a recent update reduced their number and variety. Can I help you in any way?

[Telian]

As PMRpro says you can put them in manually, I have to as don't have the full range as on my iPhone. if you do the colon close bracket etc, just remember there has to be no gap between those two but has to have a gap either side. Give it a go.

[Marilyn1959]

[Telian in reply to Marilyn1959]

There you are, top of the class you go!

[Marilyn1959]

Oh Wow! Did the symbols PMRpro suggested and by magic when I pressed reply button to post them, they transformed into actual smileys! Wasn't expecting that. Feel like I amseven years old again. The awe and wonder at my age!!!! Thank you Telian for telling me to give it a go You have made my day!!!!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Marilyn1959]

You can look up ways to type them in on google but they are complicated and it takes time. There was a utter fury on the patient.info forum recently when they took away our pop-up list of emoticons!!!!!

[Constance13 in reply to PMRpro]

Are they doing anything about it?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Constance13]

So Alan tells me! But it seems to take longer to sort out the mess than it did to create it...