How to make a smiley

Monday, December 24, 2012; 6:42:57 PM Eastern

I was talking with a friend who is a computer-using newbie who didn't know how to make a smiley.
Don't laugh. :-)
Here's how you do it.
colon hyphen right-paren
That's all there is to it.
Unlike most things to do with computers, this one is easy. :-)

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