Microsoft KB Archive/59165

Word: Change All Uppercase Text to Lowercase Using MacDraw PSS ID Number: Q59165 Article last modified on 11-10-1993 PSS database name: M_WorD

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Summary:

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.x and 4.0 do not have an option to change text from uppercase to lowercase letters. This capability was added to Word 5.0. Word 5.0 can convert text to all lowercase letters, or to “Sentence Case,” where all letters are converted to lowercase letters except for the first letter in a sentence. Word 5.0 also can convert text to “Title Case,” where all letters are converted to lowercase letters except for the first letter of each word.

Users of earlier versions of Word who do not have access to Word 5.0 may find that they can use MacDraw as a work around to this problem. MacDraw II and MacDraw Pro can change uppercase text to all lowercase text or to “Title,” where all letters are converted to lowercase letters except for the first letter of each word.

Note: To change lowercase letters to uppercase in Word 3.x, 4.0, or 5.0, choose Character from the Format menu, and select All Caps.

More Information:

The following is an example of how to use MacDraw to convert text from uppercase to lowercase letters:


 * 1) Select the text in Word that needs to be converted to lowercase letters and choose Copy from the Edit menu. You may need to copy the text in small sections, depending on the amount of memory available and the amount of the data being converted.
 * 2) Open MacDraw and choose Paste from the Edit menu.
 * 3) With the text still selected, choose Lowercase or Title from the Style menu.
 * 4) Copy and paste the text back into Word.

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