Where are the emoticons in Mac Mail?
Where are the emoticons in Mac Mail 5.2 on OS 10.7.3?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Go to Edit menu and select Special Characters. Then, click Emoji and double-click the emoticon that you want
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Thanks. Howerver is there an easier way to access these? Too many steps. Most email programs have a drop down list right on the message header.
I tried using the normal code for a smiley Colon and right parentheses and it doesn't recognize those either.
Is there a way to turn those on?
What is even more galling is in the Mail app on an iPad you simply add the Emoji keyboard & it puts a world icon which when you click gives you exactly what you want. I have never found a way to do the same on the desktop.
You can of course add all the Emoji icons as Favorites, leave the character keyboard open at Favorites or in the Emoji selection in the left hand coloumn.& it works fine, for me anyway. but I'm a
BTW the beauty of doing it that way leys you see what they mean! I struggle on the iPad to know what half of them mean.
Hope it helps.
Is there a way to turn those on?
No.
Matt
Lorel wrote:
[…]Is there a way to turn those on?
Yes, you can with the Language & Text preferences pane !
You simply need to set text substitution and replace with the emoji character you want.
You can read that page : http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/12/convert-text-to-emoji-mac/
It works with TextEdit and should with Mail.
Hope this will help. 🙂
I stand corrected!
Matt
I used to do it the way mcbuffy suggests & is you can rememebr the keyboard input for the various emoticons its great but I couldn't remember all the shortcuts!!
So I leave the CHRS keyboard open & can see the lot.
Hi Mcbuffy,
I followed the instructions but it's not working in Mac Mail and not in TextEdit either. I even turned the program off and one again. I can see it in system preferences/language/text as you indicated with the icon next to it.
Thats strange Lorel those intructions are on OSX Daily & have always worked. Perhaps an example of what text you are substituting with what emoticon. Also sorry if I'm being a bit cheeky but you are pressing the spacebar after you enter the text! Its just my Wife told me it didn't wrk on her machine but she didnt realise you need to press the spacebar after entering the text.
I'm sure its someting else & of course you will have the ticked "Use symbol & Text substituions", right?
I used colon parentheses with the smiley emoticon 🙂 which is the normal code for a smiley. It works on this forum. I used to type these in all the time on Eudora so I'm familiar with the different combinations.
I added a space after it in the system preferences/language popup and sent myself another letter with it included and it still doesn't work in Mac mail (I added a space before and after it in MacMail). but it does work in TextEdit now.
Yes, "use symbol and text substution" is clicked.
The checkbox is ticked in the replace box; in the next box is the colon/parentheses with a space, and then the smiley in the next box.
Thanks for trying to help.
Lorel I suggest you lose the 'space'. With a space included you need to press the spacebar twice. At least thats what happenned when i tried it.
Best
T
Ok, I thought you meant the space goes in the System Pref page.
I fixed it but it still doesn't work in Mac Mail (with space after it) in a letter.
One last try Lorel - If it's working everywhere but Mail then its your Mail Prefs that need changing. Perhaps your Message Format in the Composing tab is at Plain Text not Rich Text.
Just a thought.
@Howker
Just checked. Rich Text is already selected in Mail Pref also.
Thanks for trying to figure it out.
Lorel, sorry for the late answer, in Mail choose in the menu bar Edit > Substitutions and select Text Replacement.
like that :
Hope this will help. 🙂
Where are the emoticons in Mac Mail?