Microsoft has dedicated Office and emoji keys on its new keyboards

guest · Oct 13, 2019

Microsoft has dedicated Office and emoji keys on its new keyboards
These new keyboards launch later this month
October 11, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/11/20909475/microsoft-office-key-emoji-key-keyboards

The Office key replaces the right-hand Windows key, and it’s used to launch the Office for Windows 10 app that acts as a hub for Microsoft’s productivity suite. You can also use the Office key as a shortcut to launch Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. Office key + W opens Word for example, while Office key + X opens Excel.

Alongside the Office key, there’s also a new emoji key on these new keyboards. It will launch the emoji picker inside Windows 10, but you won’t be able to assign it to a specific emoji or even create shortcuts, unfortunately. An emoji key on a new Microsoft keyboard certainly seems unusual, but the company is really targeting this new hardware at businesses where Office is prevalent and emoji use is increasingly on the rise.

While Microsoft is pushing these new Office and emoji keys, it’s not clear whether other third-party keyboards will ever adopt them.
Microsoft quietly launched these new keyboards at the company’s Surface hardware event last week, but they’ll be available in stores on October 15th.
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