Hi. It's actually :-) colon dash right parenthesis with no spaces between those symbols. Hope this helps. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Nov 22, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote: > hi, all. I have someone who sent me an email with a collon and a right > bracket > :) > > > in it. When I attempted to write the same thing, VO didn't read it. thanks > for any assistance?