Autocorrect emojis in documents and email

When you type :) or :-) in Word or Outlook, autocorrect converts the characters to the color, smiley-face emoji (Segoe UI Unicode character 1F60A).

In earlier versions of Office (and in Windows 7), autocorrect converted that string to the Wingdings character F04A, which is black-and-white.

If your punctuation changes to a box instead of an emoji, you probably don't have the SegoeUI Emoji font installed. The font is included with Windows 8 and later, so you could run the System File Checker tool to repair any missing or damaged system files.

If the punctuation doesn't change to anything at all, follow these steps:

Stop changing punctuation to emojis

As you type, pressing Ctrl+Z will undo the autocorrection.

To entirely stop converting punctuation to an emoji, switch off autocorrect for the punctuation:

1. Follow the steps in Word or Outlook to get to AutoCorrect Options.

2. In the Replace box, type the punctuation.

3. With the autocorrect entry highlighted in the list, choose Delete.

Font details

Here is a table that shows how autocorrect converts to emojis in Word and Outlook, including legacy behavior:

Type this	Color emoji	Outlook	Word	Unicode (rendering in Segoe UI Emoji font)	Legacy black and white emoji	Unicode (rendering in Wingdings font)
:-) or :)				1F60A		F04A
:-| or :|				1F610		F04B
:-( or :(				2639		F04B
:-D or :D				1F603
:-p or :p				1F61D
:-o or :o				1F632
;-) or ;)				1F609
<3				2764
</3				1F494

See also

Add flair to your email with emojis