I"M ACCIDENTALLY CAPITALIZING EVERYTHING WHAT AM I DOING?

[malissamartinwilke]

I keep hitting some combination of keys while I'm typing that reverses the
functions of capitalization. What am I doing? When it happens, how do I
turn off whatever it is I've done? Thanks.

 

[Ed]

It's probably either accidentally hitting the Caps Lock button, or turning
on StickyKeys. For StickyKeys, go to Start>>Help and look up StickyKeys.

HTH
Ed

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If it reverses, you've pressed the CapsLock key. If it were capitalizing
*everything* (upper and lower case), it would be All Caps (Ctrl+Shift+A).

 

[CyberTaz]

You're probably hitting the Caps Lock key by accident - just press it again
to turn it Off. When it is On there is a light that glows on your keyboard
to indicate it, normally right above the Numeric Keypad. You just have to be
more careful with your typing.

 

[normDallas]

I am having the same problem. Some how I hit some combination of keys that
turned my keyboard into all caaps. The Caps Lock IS NOT on!!!
I keep hitting some combination of keys while I'm typing that reverses the
functions of capitalization. What am I doing? When it happens, how do I
turn off whatever it is I've done? Thanks.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

See if the "All Caps" checkbox is checked in the paragraph style
that's affected. (Is there a keyboard shortcut for that? Or maybe
someone at some point assigned one to that command.)

 

[Stefan Blom]

Sounds like "All caps" font formatting. To turn it off, try selecting the
text and pressing Ctrl+SpaceBar. If that doesn't help, you'll have to modify
the underlying paragraph style.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+A, easy enough to press by mistake.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

See if the "All Caps" checkbox is checked in the paragraph style
that's affected. (Is there a keyboard shortcut for that? Or maybe
someone at some point assigned one to that command.)