> When i hold Shift and press the colon and the parenthesis keys, my > output doesn't change...it remains as :) for me and the receiver. > However, when i input those characters in a web post and post to the > Web, it shows up as an emoticon. Why is it that my keystrokes don't > change into emoticons all the time?
Whether or not : ) is interpreted into a smiley is entirely up to the program that sees it, whether it's keyboard input or display output. Vista itself doesn't see anything other than a colon and a parenthesis. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
