Microsoft KB Archive/58876

Toggle Key for Capitalization in Word for Windows PSS ID Number: Q58876 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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Summary:

To capitalize text in Microsoft Word for Windows, select the text you want to capitalize and press SHIFT+F3 to toggle the case to the desired capitalization mode.

Note: In Word for Windows version 2.0, you can also capitalize text to all capital letters with the Format Character command by following these steps:


 * 1) Select the text in Word for Windows 2.0.
 * 2) From the Format menu, choose Character. Select All Caps as the Style choice.

CTRL+A is the keyboard shortcut for All Caps formatting in Word for Windows version 2.0.

More Information:

There are three modes of capitalization with the SHIFT+F3 key combination in Word for Windows:

Mode          Result --

UPPERCASE      ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

Firstcap       First Letter Gets Capitalized

lowercase      all lowercase letters The order of rotation or (toggle) is as follows:

UPPERCASE –> Firstcap –> lowercase

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