Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Changing Case of Text

How to Change Case of Font on Microsoft Word:



Using ALL CAPS, Small Caps, Title Case and more.



There’s a lot of ways to change the font case of text used in Microsoft word. The quickest and easiest way to change the font case of text is to use the shortcut built into Microsoft Word:

1) Highlight the text that you want to edit

2) Press the shift + F3

Each time you press this command your highlighted text should toggle between Title Case (the first letter of each word will be highlighted), ALL CAPS and no caps.

Shortcut for Mac Users:


If you are using a Mac, you can use this shortcut by pressing:
     Shift + fn + F3



Manually Changing the Case 

Another way to change the case of text in Microsoft Word is manually going into the formatting options make the change.

To use this method:

1) Highlight the text that you want to edit.

2) Open the Home Tab, then look in the Font group for the ‘Change Case’ button.

3) A dropdown menu will appear, Select your desired case.


Using Small Caps

You can also choose to use small caps, this feature will create text that is the  same size as normal lowercase text, but all letters will be capitalized. To use this feature just:

1) Highlight the text that you want to edit.

2) Right-click on the text and select Font.
You can also bring up this window by Pressing Ctrl + D

3) In the checkboxes under “Effects” select “Small caps”

4) Press “OK”






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