How do I convert :) to a smiley in my e-mails?

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laws, you wrote on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:56:08 -0800:
Where is the setting to convert :) to a smile in an e-mail?
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Not possible with Outlook 97-2003. Outlook 2007 supports this feature.
 
Unless your mailer will do it on its own, you don't. I guess, if you
wanted to, and you're using HTML email, you could drop a smiley image in
there...

grep
 
Christian Goeller said:
Not possible with Outlook 97-2003.
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Sure it is, at least in OL 2003. AutoCorrect, either in the Outlook
built-in editor or in Word, can to it.
 
Brian Tillman, you wrote on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:20:12 -0500:
Sure it is, at least in OL 2003. AutoCorrect, either in the Outlook
built-in editor or in Word, can to it.
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Ok, in works in OL 2003 with Word as email editor ¡X sorry OP! But not
with the Outlook built-in editor, at least not on my computer. When I
compose an (html-)email with Outlook's editor the ":-)" doesn't switch
to a smiley, whereas it works when I use Word as editor.
 
Christian Goeller said:
Ok, in works in OL 2003 with Word as email editor ¡X sorry OP! But not
with the Outlook built-in editor, at least not on my computer. When I
compose an (html-)email with Outlook's editor the ":-)" doesn't switch
to a smiley, whereas it works when I use Word as editor.
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I don't use HTML, but it sure works for Plain Text and Rich Text when using
the built-in editor.
 
Brian Tillman, you wrote on Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:06:19 -0500:
I don't use HTML, but it sure works for Plain Text and Rich Text when
using the built-in editor.
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It doesn't work neither with HTML, nor with Plain- and Rich-Text! It
also doesn't work with word when using Plain- or Rich-Text. I don't know
the reason why it works on your computer but not on my (Outlook 2003
up-to-date). Might it be that is be related to the different language
versions of our Outlook's?

Here are the options when using Word as editor:
www.outlookfaq.net/images/outlook/AutoKorrekturWord.jpg

And here the AutoCorrect options when using Outlook's built-in editor:
www.outlookfaq.net/images/outlook/AutoKorrekturOL.jpg

In Word's options I see the smileys, but not in Outlook.

By the way, when I use Outlook's editor, the AutoCorrect doesn't work,
whether I use as format HTML, Plain- or Rich-Text.
 
Christian Goeller said:
It doesn't work neither with HTML, nor with Plain- and Rich-Text! It
also doesn't work with word when using Plain- or Rich-Text. I don't
know the reason why it works on your computer but not on my (Outlook
2003 up-to-date). Might it be that is be related to the different
language versions of our Outlook's?
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Beats me. I use English Outlook and when I click
Tools>Options>Spelling>AutoCorrect and check "Replace text as you type", I
can put :-) in the left hand "Replace" field and ☺ in the right-hand "With"
field and Outlook's editor does the replacement in both Plain Text and Rich
Text. Perhaps you didn't scroll down far enough or perhaps I added the
replacement myself.
 
Brian Tillman, you wrote on Thu, 1 Mar 2007 22:05:22 -0500:
Beats me. I use English Outlook and when I click
Tools>Options>Spelling>AutoCorrect and check "Replace text as you type", I
can put :-) in the left hand "Replace" field and ☺ in the right-hand "With"
field and Outlook's editor does the replacement in both Plain Text and Rich
Text.
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I have put now the :-) in the left field, and your smiley (I have copied
it out of your posting) in the right field. And it works! If I get it
right I have to copy the smileys from Word, create a new AutoCorrect
"rule" in Outlook and put the smiley in.
Perhaps you didn't scroll down far enough
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Yes, I did! In my Outlook there is no standard replacement :-) -> ☺
or perhaps I added the replacement myself
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Maybe ;-)
 
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