Sometimes there are not enough letters and punctuation marks to express emotions in friendly messages. To better convey your mood, use extra-textual characters and special characters.
Instructions
Step 1
The social network "Vkontakte" does not provide the possibility of using animated and graphic emoticons, editing the font and non-standard off-the-screen characters (with the exception of the characters available on the keyboard). However, if you wish, you can diversify your correspondence with special graphic symbols, because this function is available on every computer equipped with Microsoft Office. You can use it in relation to any Internet communication.
Step 2
Create a new Word Document on your computer, open it. Make sure the pointer is in the active position (it looks like a flashing vertical "stick"). At the top of the document is the "Toolbar" - a line with special buttons - commands for basic actions. Click on the "Insert" menu and when it expands, select "Symbol".
Step 3
In the "Symbol" window, you are shown text characters that are not on the main part of the keyboard in the Russian layout. Select the character you need in the field by pointing down the scroll bar on the right side of the window. You can see mathematical symbols, letters of the alphabets of various European and Eastern languages, phonetic signs, geometric shapes, musical notation, money symbols and other signs that, due to their rare use, did not get on the keyboard buttons.
Step 4
If you know exactly which group of characters the character you need belongs to, quickly find this classification item in the "Set" line, which is located in the upper right corner of the window. To do this, expand the selection parameters by clicking on the "Down" arrow and click on the line of interest with the left mouse button.
Step 5
In the character field, find the character you want and hover over it. Click on the symbol window so that it turns blue, then click on the active "Insert" button. After that, the special character will appear in the text document. Type in the necessary characters, select them with the mouse and copy. Open a message box on the Vkontakte website and insert your symbol into it.
Step 6
Some keyboard shortcuts allow you to automatically type special characters into your message. Activate the small keyboard with the "Num Lock" button. Hold down the "Alt" button and simultaneously press a number on the small keyboard. Each key corresponds to a specific character, for example, "Alt +3" results in a heart symbol ♥.
