How to use Emoji on Windows 10?👍

Emoji are essential in exchanges on social networks like Facebook or Instagram, or in messaging we use daily.These small images that brighten up our messages provide a touch of emotion, humor or simply to convey an idea.The trend does not date from yesterday since the ancestor of emoji are emoticons, or emoticon in English (born of the contraction emotion and icon)).They date back to the early 80s.

Since 2010, emojis are now part of the standard unicode language.The Unicode 12 version.0 brings nearly 3000 emoji.But if the unicode coding is always identical, the particularity is that the images can vary slightly from one platform to another.Thus, the same symbol will be perceived differently depending on the operating system (Apple, Microsoft, Android)) or the environment (Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc..)).

Since 2017, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update update allows you to insert emoji in any text box thanks to Emoji Picker.This library can be used in all Windows programs: web, Word, cat browsers, or instant messaging software.

Insert an emoji with Windows

Here's how to use emoji with Windows 10:

1. Placer le curseur de la souris là ou vous souhaitez insérer l’émoji puis cliquer avec la souris
2. Appuyer sur la combinaison de touche Windows + . (point)), ou Windows et ; puisqu’il s’agit de la même touche sur un clavier azerty
3. La bibliothèque d’émoji apparaît:

   The Emoji library accessible in Windows 10

4. Cliquer sur l’image de votre choix pour l’insérer

Better yet, you just have to continue typing on the keyboard to search for a particular symbol.For example, start writing "Piz" and Emoji Picker will find the "Pizza" emoji:

Simple, right?✌