How to Get More Emoticons on BBM
BlackBerry devices are shipped with the BlackBerry Messenger application. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is an instant messaging program that enables BlackBerry users to chat using their contact information, phone number or BlackBerry PIN. You can get more emoticons for BBM by copying the free icons from bbmemoticons.com. With a little configuration you can import the new emoticons and use them in your BBM conversations.
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Instructions
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Open a Web browser and navigate to the bbmemoticons.com site.
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Right-click the "bbm emoticons list" link and select Save Link Target As to save the list to your hard drive.
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Open your email application on the computer and address an email to yourself to an account that can be checked on the BlackBerry.
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Open the saved "bbm emoticons list" page. The page opens on the desktop.
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Copy one or more emoticon entries by dragging the cursor over the entry, right-clicking and selecting Copy.
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Paste the selected emoticons into the email body. To do this, right-click inside the email body and click Paste.
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Click "Send" to send the email to yourself.
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Check your email on the BlackBerry and open the email with the emoticons.
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Scroll to and highlight the first emoticon and tap or press the "Menu" button. The context menu opens.
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Scroll to and highlight Copy.
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Tap or press the "Menu" button to show the Home screen.
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Scroll to and highlight the "Options" link. Tap or press the trackpad.
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Scroll to and highlight the Autotext option. The Autotext feature opens.
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Scroll to and highlight the New option. A new autotext form opens.
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Type a word to use to invoke the emoticon in the Replace field. For example, for a picture of a heart, you can use "heart1" as the autotext that invokes the heart icon.
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Scroll to and highlight the With field. Tap or press the trackpad.
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Tap or press the "Menu" button.
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Scroll to and highlight Paste. Tap or press the trackpad. The first emoticon is copied into the new autotext entry. The autotext may now be used to create the emoticon in BBM messages. Just type "heart1" (without quotes), or whatever term you used to define the emoticon, inside a BBM instant message. The emoticon appears in the message.
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Repeat the process for each emoticon. Create an autotext for each icon.
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