How to Install the Emoticon Toolbar in Gmail
An emoticon is a textual representation of a facial expression. For example, you can type ":-)" for a smiling face or ":-(" for a frowning face. Emoticons are widely used in text messaging, email and instant messengers. Gmail, Google's free Web-based email service, allows you to insert emoticon icons into an email. Emoticon icons are small graphical emoticons. Although Gmail offers several emoticons by default, you can install the Extra Emoji toolbar from Google Labs, which offers many more emoticons. The Extra Emoji emoticon toolbar is free and easy to install.
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Instructions
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Open your Web browser and visit Gmail.com. Input your login information into the "Username" and "Password" fields and click "Sign in" to access your Gmail account.
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Click on the "Gear" icon located in the top-right corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear. Scroll down and click "Mail settings."
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Click on the "Labs" link at the top of the Gmail Settings page. A list of available Gmail labs will appear.
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Input "Extra Emoji" into the "Search for a lab" field to narrow your search. The "Extra Emoji" lab will appear in the "Available Labs" section at the bottom of the page.
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Click on "Enable" next to the lab to install it. Click "Save Changes."
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Click the "Compose mail" button to compose a new email. Input the recipient's email address into the "To" field and a subject line into the "Subject" field.
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Click the square smiley-face icon in the toolbar above the empty message body to access the newly installed emoticons for Gmail.
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Click on any of the emoticons to insert them into the body of the email. Click on the other emoticon tabs to access other pages of available emoticons. Insert as many emoticons as you'd like into the email.
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