After my last post, I received a question asking about other Facebook icons that people use in the chat feature as well as in statui (or is it stuatuses?). Well, here is a chart of symbols that can also be used in the status and chat area. However, the way to generate these symbols is a little bit more complicated than it is with the Facebook smileys.
To produce these symbols, you need to first activate number lock. To do this on a laptop, you usually need to press and hold the Fn key (function key, usually a different color than other keys) and the key that says NumLk (usually up near the Print Screen [PrtSc key] and Scroll Lock [ScrLk key]). On a regular desktop keyboard, the Number lock key will be in a similar area near/grouped with the keypad. This will activate the correct numbers that need to be used.
Now, to make the special symbols, press and hold the Alt key and press the number combination to generate the symbols you wanted. On a laptop, you cannot use the standard number keys. You have to use the number keys that were activated with number lock, which are usually situated on or around the m, j, k, l, u, i, o keys. You will know this by seeing a little number written in the corner of the keys. On a desktop, you need to use the keypad numbers, not the top row of numbers.
Here are the number combinations to generate the special symbols:
So, to generate a white smiley, press and hold the Alt and 1 keys at the same time, then let go of them. This should produce the white smiley. Note: These symbols can also be produced (in the same way) in Word documents, etc, on the computer. These are not only exclusive to Facebook.
Also, another little tidbit of information: If you want to bold text in Facebook chat, inster an asterick/star (*) before and after the word/phrase to be bolded (Ex. Do *not* go out with her. = Do not go out with her.) And, to underline text, insert an underscore (_) before and after the word or phrase (Ex. Do _not_ go out with her. = Do not go out with her).
Now, to make the special symbols, press and hold the Alt key and press the number combination to generate the symbols you wanted. On a laptop, you cannot use the standard number keys. You have to use the number keys that were activated with number lock, which are usually situated on or around the m, j, k, l, u, i, o keys. You will know this by seeing a little number written in the corner of the keys. On a desktop, you need to use the keypad numbers, not the top row of numbers.
Here are the number combinations to generate the special symbols:
So, to generate a white smiley, press and hold the Alt and 1 keys at the same time, then let go of them. This should produce the white smiley. Note: These symbols can also be produced (in the same way) in Word documents, etc, on the computer. These are not only exclusive to Facebook.
Also, another little tidbit of information: If you want to bold text in Facebook chat, inster an asterick/star (*) before and after the word/phrase to be bolded (Ex. Do *not* go out with her. = Do not go out with her.) And, to underline text, insert an underscore (_) before and after the word or phrase (Ex. Do _not_ go out with her. = Do not go out with her).
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