Add Fun With Windows Messenger Emoticons
We hear the word “emoticon” a lot these days. It is really just a short form of the words emotion and icon together. Windows messenger emoticons have been around since windows messenger was designed, then changed again a few years later when they upgraded the software.
They have actually been around longer than you think. Way back when word processing came to the market, the newer updated versions had these little symbols you could use called wingdings. They were accessed and inserted into documents via keyboard shortcuts.
Messenger emoticons today are small smiley faces that have individual expressions such as sad, mad, happy, confused, sleepy and shocked. They can be used in sentences to convey to the other person how you feel at the time or an expression as you’re typing a sentence.
They are also quite simple to work with and can easily be used randomly throughout your conversation. Merely type as you typically would and whenever you want an emoticon inserted, click the small drop down arrow by the smiley face menu. Select the appropriate emoticon and click on it. The smiley or symbol will be instantly placed wherever you chose to put your cursor.
The new messengers provide many choices to pick from besides just smiley faces. Smileys that laugh, make gestures, yawn and symbols like lips, a rainbow, a rose, hearts and people hugging have been added. You will also find countless sources on the internet for animated emoticons and pictures you can download for totally free and add to your own your own collections. Quite a few are available in three dimensional characters. Carry out the directions in the options to download to your messenger.
Messenger is very handy and can be used to chat with friends, chat with business partners and employees in remote locations or talk to distant family. Unfortunately, emoticons won’t come across well on when your chatting over the internet and things can be taken wrong. Adding an emoticon into your text box will help your other chatter interpret the tone of your conversation or sentence. Your intentions come across a lot more clearly.
