procedure to create Special symbols

IF you want to put up some symbols in your text then try"ALT + (NO.) hold for 2 seconds
SOME are given below.

alt + 1 - ☺
alt + 2 - ☻
alt + 3 - ♥
alt + 4 - ♦
alt + 5 - ♣
alt + 6 - ♠
alt + 7 - •
alt + 8 - ◘
alt + 9 - ○

For CURRENCY
alt + 154/5/6/7 -¢/£/¥/₧

These symbols look cool in specially ORKUT