How to Make a Hidden Emoticon in Gmail
Gmail offers free Web-based email service along with an instant messenger service that you can use to chat with any other Gmail user currently online. When using Gmail Chat, you can insert emoticons (graphical smiley faces) into your messages to personalize them. At first glance it appears that Gmail only has a very limited number of emoticons that you can use, but Gmail supports several hidden emoticons that are not available from the clickable emoticon menu in Gmail Chat. You can create these hidden emoticons by entering the necessary symbols to create the emoticon.
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Instructions
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Open your Web browser and visit Gmail.com. Sign in to your Gmail account.
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Click on the "Chat" link along the left side of your Gmail page and click on the contact from the list you want to chat with; a chat window opens in the lower right corner of the page.
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Click on the smiley face icon in the lower right corner of the chat window; a pop-up menu appears. Click on one of the theme tabs based on the type of emoticon you want to create. Each emoticon has a classic theme, round theme, square theme and other theme. The theme chosen only determines the style of the emoticon.
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Type in the symbols for the hidden Gmail emoticon that you want to insert into the Chat message (without quotes). A comprehensive list of hidden Gmail emoticons include:
"+/'\"
"V.v.V"
"}:-)"
"=("
"=/"
":P"
":-("
":)"
">.<"
":-P"
":(:)"
"</3"
":-x"
":*"
":{"
"<3"
":(|)"
"\m/"
":-o"
":D"
":("
"x-("
"B-)"
":'("
"=D"
";)"
":-|"
"=)"
":-D"
";^)"
";-)"
":-)"
":-/"
":P"
"[:|]"
"~@~"
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Type in an optional message and press "Enter" to send the message to your contact along with the emoticons.
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