Upper case to lower case

[Peter Thomson]

I have a list of proper names in Word with all the letters in upper
case. I would like to keep the first letter upper case and then change
the rest of the letters to lower case. Is there some way to do this
without retyping everything in lower case? A button? A macro? Thanks
for any advice. I am using Word for OS X.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Peter,

Shift> F3 will toggle through lower case, upper case and first letter
uppercase.

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[Clive Huggan]

Just in case this is relevant, too, Peter:

If *all* your document comprises these proper names (e.g., a list with one
name per paragraph), you can select all the paragraphs then apply the
Shift-F3 command. Or if the occurrence is something like "JACK SPRATT could
eat no fat" you can select the two names at once by double-clicking on one
word and, keeping your mouse-button down, dragging to the next word before
releasing the button, then keying Shift-F3 to invoke title case.

If your document had, say, 100 instances but only 10 names, it would of
course be simplest of all to invoke the "Match case" feature on the
Find+Replace command.

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Hi Peter,

Shift> F3 will toggle through lower case, upper case and first letter
uppercase.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[John McGhie [MVP]]

Try Format>Change Case>Initial Capital. Just made for you


This responds to article <[email protected]>,

I have a list of proper names in Word with all the letters in upper
case. I would like to keep the first letter upper case and then change
the rest of the letters to lower case. Is there some way to do this
without retyping everything in lower case? A button? A macro? Thanks
for any advice. I am using Word for OS X.

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