How to Type symbols using Keyboard shortcuts

Our life today revolves around word documents and spreadsheets. There are quite a large number of keyboard short cuts we use. Other than Ctrl-C, Ctrl V, here are some interesting shortcuts that work in combination with the Alt key.

Emoticons:

 For ☺smiley face- use Alt + 1

 For ☻black smiley face- use Alt + 2

Playing cards:

For ♥ Heart - use Alt + 3

For ♦ Diamond- use Alt +4

For ♣ Club - use Alt + 5

For ♠ s­pade - use Alt +6

Arrows:

For ↑­up arrow - use Alt + 24

For ↓down arrow - use Alt + 25

For → right arrow - use Alt + 26

For ← left arrow - use Alt + 27

For ↕u­p/down arrow - use Alt + 18

For ↔ lef­t right arrow - use Alt + 29

Website related symbols:

 For ™ trademark symbol  - use Alt + 0153         
 For © copyright symbol- use Alt + 0169

 For ®registered ­ trademark symbol  - use Alt + 0174    

Mathematics symbols:
For ° degre­e symbol - use Alt + 0176

For  ± plus-or ­-minus sign - use Alt + 0177

For ¾ fractio­n or three-fourths- use Alt + 0190For × multi ­plication sign- use Alt + 0215

For ∑ N-ary summation (auto sum) - use Alt + 8721

For √ s­quare root or check mark - use Alt + 251

Musical Notes:

For ♪ e­ighth note- use Alt + 13

For ♫ ­beamed eighth note- use Alt + 14

English Grammar:

For ¶ paragraph mark- use Alt + 0182

For ¡ upside down exclamation point - use Alt + 0161
For ¿ ­upside down question mark- use Alt + 0191

Other signs:

For ☼ su­n - use Alt + 15

For ♀ f­emale sign- use Alt + 12

For ♂ male sign- use Alt + 11