Typing shortcut in Teams for emojis

Byte-size Bulletin by Simon Heath in Tips, Microsoft Teams on Nov 26, 2021

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You can insert emojis into a Teams chat simply by typing the name of the emoji within brackets.
 
For example, if you type (laugh) Teams will automatically substitute the bracketed word with 😄their laughing emoji.
 
Teams will make suggestions as you type, so if you type (wa Teams will suggest:
 
Emoticons list
 
Alternatively, you can use this Byte-size Bulletin to access the full emoji list.
 
Some may 💗 emojis, others may find automatic insertion of them makes them 😡. In which case, if you actually want to have the word laugh, in brackets and not the emoji, the only workaround I know is to use square brackets instead.

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