Getting More Symbols in Illustrator

Although Illustrator CS2 comes with a decent selection of symbol libraries, you can easily add many more symbols by using the brush libraries (because there are many more brush libraries included). From the Brushes palette's flyout menu, choose Open Brush Libraries and pick a library (we selected Decorative Scatter). From the library palette that appears, drag a brush onto the artboard and then drag-and-drop it into the Symbols palette. Voilà! New symbol.