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In today’s article, you’ll learn how to use some keyboard shortcuts and other methods to type or insert the Not An Element Of Symbol (text) in MS Word for Windows.

Just before we begin, I’ll like to tell you that you can also use the button below to copy and paste the Not An Element Of symbol text into your work for free.

However, if you just want to type this symbol on your keyboard, the actionable steps below will show you everything you need to know.

Not An Element Of Symbol [∉] Quick Guide

To type the Not An Element Of Symbol on Word for Windows, simply press down the Alt key and type 8713 using the numeric keypad, then let go of the Alt key. This shortcut works only on MS Word.

The below table contains all the information you need to type this Symbol on the keyboard on Word for Windows PC.

Name	Not An Element Of Sign
Text	∉
Alt Code	8713
Shortcut (Word)	Alt+8713

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The quick guide above provides some useful shortcuts and alt codes on how to type the Not An Element Of symbol in Word on Windows.

For more details, below are some other methods you can also use to insert this symbol into your work such as Word or Excel document.

Microsoft Office provides several methods for typing Not An Element Of Symbol or inserting symbols that do not have dedicated keys on the keyboard.

In this section, I will make available for you 3 different methods you can use to type or insert this and any other symbol on your PC, like in MS Word for Windows.

Without any further ado, let’s get started.

See Also: How to type For All Symbol in Word

Using the Not An Element Of Symbol Alt Code (Windows Only)

The Not An Element Of Symbol alt code is 8713.

Even though this Symbol has no dedicated key on the keyboard, you can still type it on the keyboard with the Alt code method. To do this, press and hold the Alt key whilst pressing the Not An Element Of Alt code (i.e. 8713) using the numeric keypad.

This method works on Windows only. And your keyboard must also have a numeric keypad.

Below is a break-down of the steps you can take to type the Not An Element Of Sign on your Windows PC:

• Place your insertion pointer where you need the Symbol.
• Press and hold one of the Alt keys on your keyboard.
• Whilst holding on to the Alt key, press the Not An Element Of alt code (8713). You must use the numeric keypad to type the alt code. If you are using a laptop without the numeric keypad, this method may not work for you. On some laptops, there’s a hidden numeric keypad which you can enable by pressing Fn+NmLk on the keyboard.
• Release the Alt key after typing the Alt code to insert the Symbol into your document.

This is how you may type this symbol in Word using the Alt Code method.

Copy and Paste Not An Element Of Sign ∉ (text)

Another easy way to get the Not An Element Of Symbol on any PC is to use my favorite method: copy and paste.

All you have to do is to copy the symbol from somewhere like a web page, or the character map for windows users, and head over to where you need the symbol (say in Word or Excel), then hit Ctrl+V to paste.

Below is the symbol for you to copy and paste into your Word document. Just select it and press Ctrl+C to copy, switch over to Microsoft Word, place your insertion pointer at the desired location, and press Ctrl+V to paste.

∉

Alternatively, just use the copy button at the beginning of this post.

Using insert Symbol dialog box (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

The insert symbol dialog box is a library of symbols from where you can insert any symbol into your Word document with just a couple of mouse clicks.

Obey the following steps to insert this symbol (∉) in Word or Excel using the insert symbol dialog box.

• Open your Word/Excel/PowerPoint document.
• Click to place the insertion pointer where you wish to insert the symbol.
• Go to the Insert tab.

• In the Symbols category, click on the Symbol drop-down and select the More Symbols button.

The Symbol dialog box will appear.

• To easily locate the Not An Element Of symbol, change the Font to Segoe UI Symbol then type 2209 in the character code field at the bottom of the window. After typing this character code, the Not An Element Of symbol will appear selected.
• Now click on the Insert button to insert the symbol into your document.

• Close the dialog.

The symbol will then be inserted exactly where you placed the insertion pointer.

These are the steps you may use to insert this Symbol in Word.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are several different methods you can use to type the Not An Element Of Sign in Microsoft Word.

Using the alt code shortcut for Word makes the fastest option for this task. Shortcuts are always fast.

Thank you very much for reading this blog.

If you have anything thing to say or questions to ask concerning the Not An Element Of Symbol, please drop it in the comments.

Microsoft Word symbols cannot be easily typed in using the keyboard.

However,
the need to include these characters in documents is increasingly common these
days.

Even when writing in English, foreign names of places and people may require some of these special characters.

Scientific writings also include mathematical symbols and Greek letters.

Text may also include characters like the degree symbol and copyright symbol.

There
are character codes you can use to enter a symbol in Word. However, most people
don’t have the time to memorize these character codes.

So, in this guide today, you’ll learn how to insert any symbol in Word either using the mouse pointer or a keyboard shortcut.

NOTE: There are several methods you can use to type symbols in Word. For me, the method I use to type symbols depends on how many and how frequently I need to type them. Keep reading to choose the best method for you

Without
further ado, below are the ways to type symbols in word

1^st Method: Using Insert Symbols

This
method involves using the symbols dialog box located in the symbols area at the
right border of the insert tab.

Below are steps to insert symbols in MS Word using Insert Symbols.

NOTE: in the steps below, I’ll illustrate how to insert symbols in MS Word by inserting the greater than or equal to symbol. You can use the same steps to insert any symbol of your choice.

• STEP 1: Click to position the insertion point at where you want to insert the symbol. In this example, we will place the symbol between X and 10 as you can see in the above picture.
• STEP 2: Go to the Insert tab, in the Symbols group and click Symbol, then More Symbols.

NOTE: If the symbol you want to insert is found in the symbols gallery as shown in the picture above, click it to insert it into your document. Any symbol you use will move to the first position in the gallery. Thus, the symbol gallery box gives you access to the 20 most recently used symbols. However, if you can’t find the symbol you are looking for in the symbol gallery, click on More Symbols to display all the symbols.

• STEP 3: Select your desired font from the Font drop down. You can leave it as default (Normal text). You don’t have to explore every font in the list. However, it is worth looking at Wingdings or Symbol if you want a fancy symbol.

• Step 4: Scroll down or up until you find the required symbol, then
  click to select it. You can also click the desired symbol in the Recently used
  symbols.
• Step 5: Click Insert to insert the selected symbol then click
  to close the dialog. Alternatively, double-click on the desired symbol to
  insert it into your document, then close the dialog.

As soon as you click insert or double-click the symbol, Word will insert it into your document.

2^nd
Method: Using the keyboard to insert symbols in Word.

Not all the symbols in Word can be found on the keyboard.

However, all the symbols can be typed using the keyboard.

Typing symbols that are not found on the keyboard can be very tedious. In fact, it is not even necessary in Word because using the first method above is much easier and simple to compare with.

However, it is still useful to know as it becomes handy to obtain certain characters or symbols in software that has no access to Insert Symbol like in Microsoft Word.

Let’s use the following exercise for example:

• Turn on your Num Lock.
• Whilst holding down the [Alt] key, type [065]
  on the numeric keypad (on the right).
• Then release the [Alt] key. The letter A should
  appear.
• To type the letter B, repeat steps 2 and 3. But this
  time type [Alt 066] on the numeric keypad.
• [Alt 067] should give you C, and [Alt 068] should give
  you D, and so on.

This
exercise isn’t really necessary because one can easily type in any letter
directly with the keyboard.

However, not all characters and symbols are on the keyboard. Hence let’s try out the following:

• Hold down the [Alt] and type [0176] for a degree sign (°)
• Type [Alt 0189] and [Alt 0190] for fractions (½ and ¾)
• Also try [Alt 0181] for µ

But
how do you remember the number for each symbol?

It’s
almost impossible to remember. It’s not even necessary.

Instead, you should make a note of the symbols or characters you use very often.

In the next section, you’ll learn how to get the shortcut to any symbol into your Word document.

How to find the keyboard shortcut for symbols in word

You
can use the Symbol dialog box to find the character code (or keyboard shortcut)
for any symbol or character.

This way you can insert symbols by typing them on your keyboard instead of using the Symbol dialog box.

Here’s how to learn the keyboard shortcut code for a particular symbol or character in Word:

• Open the Symbols dialog box.

To
display the Symbols dialog box, go to the Insert tab, in the
Symbols group and click Symbol, then More Symbols.

• Select the symbol you want to take note of, then look near
  the bottom of the dialog for the symbol name as well as its code.
• To insert any symbol using its character code, press down the
  [Alt] key, type the code, then release the [Alt] key.

If you are lucky, you’ll see another shortcut key aside from the character code which is much easier to type than the code.

See
screenshot below:

Assigning
shortcut keys to symbols

In
Microsoft word, you are not limited to the default hotkeys.

You can assign any keyboard shortcut key to any command or symbol to fit your needs.

As
mentioned, each and every character or symbol in Microsoft Word has a character
code that you can use on the keyboard.

Aside from these character codes, Word still gives you the space to assign a shortcut key to any symbol.

Below
are the steps to do so:

• Open the Symbols dialog box.

To
display the Symbols dialog, navigate to the Insert tab, in the
Symbols group and click Symbol, then More Symbols. The Symbols
dialog box should display.

• Click to select the symbol to which you want to assign a shortcut.
• At the bottom area of the dialog, click Shortcut Key… The Customize Keyboard dialog box appears.

• Under Specify keyboard sequence, in the Press new shortcut key field, type the keyboard shortcut you want to assign for the symbol.

If the shortcut key you assign is already assigned for a command, Word will tell you that hey dude, the shortcut key you are assigning to this symbol is already taken by another command. If you ignore and continue to assign, Word will not stop you. However, this shortcut will not work again for the command it was previously assigned to. It will now work for this symbol.

• Click Assign to assign the shortcut.

NOTE: There is another box labeled Current keys. These are the current hotkeys assigned to the selected symbol. You can take note of these hotkeys without assigning another one for the same symbol.

Typing
any symbol in Word doesn’t have to be difficult as you can see.

If you don’t understand anything explained here, let me know in the comments section below for more clarification.

Thank you very much for reading this article.