Windows – How to use emoji characters on a Windows 8 PC without a touch screen

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The Windows 8.x touch screen keyboard allows for use of many emoji characters, but how can these be accessed without a touch screen? I would've thought they should be available through Character Map, but that means I need to know the correct font in advance, or where they would show.

Does character Map support emoji, and if so, does it need to be from a specific font?

Best Answer

You can get the same on screen keyboard as for touch screen devices by doing: Win + R to bring up the Run dialog, and type tabtip.

This will then type into the current application ?

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