Lower case letters word

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Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word, you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift+F3 to change selected text between uppercase, lowercase, and title case.

Selecting a case

  1. Highlight all the text you want to change. If you want to change the case for the whole document you can use the Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut to select everything.
  2. Hold down Shift and press F3.
  3. When you hold Shift and press F3, the text toggles from sentence case (first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase), to all uppercase (all capital letters), and then all lowercase.

Note

If you are using a laptop or an Apple Mac, the function keys may not be enabled without the use of the Fn key. You may need to hold Fn, in addition to Shift, when you press F3.

If you’re not able to get Shift+F3 to work in Microsoft Word 2007 or later, you can try the following option instead.

  1. In the menu bar, on the Home tab, click the Change Case icon, which has an uppercase ‘A’ and lowercase ‘a.’

Change Case icon in Microsoft Word

  1. Select the appropriate option from the list of values. For example, if you want to change to all uppercase letters, select the UPPERCASE option. If you want to change to all lowercase letters, select the lowercase option.

Change Case menu in Microsoft Word

Tip

Use our text tool to convert any text from uppercase to lowercase.

You can change the capitalization, or case, of selected text in a document by clicking a single button on the Home tab called Change Case.

Change case

To change the case of selected text in a document, do the following:

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.

  2. Go to Home > Change case  .

  3. Do one of the following:

    • To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters as lowercase, click Sentence case.

    • To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

    • To capitalize all of the letters, click UPPERCASE.

    • To capitalize the first letter of each word and leave the other letters lowercase, click Capitalize Each Word.

    • To shift between two case views (for example, to shift between Capitalize Each Word and the opposite, cAPITALIZE eACH wORD), click tOGGLE cASE.

    Tips: 

    • To apply small capital (Small Caps) to your text, select the text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow in the lower-right corner. In the Font dialog box, under Effects, select the Small Caps check box.

    • To undo the case change, press CTRL+ Z.

    • To use a keyboard shortcut to change between lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word, select the text and press SHIFT + F3 until the case you want is applied.

See also

Insert a drop cap

Choose AutoCorrect options for capitalization

Change case

To change the case of selected text in a document, do the following:

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.

  2. Go to Home > Change case  .

  3. Do one of the following:

    • To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters as lowercase, click Sentence case.

    • To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

    • To capitalize all of the letters, click UPPERCASE.

    • To capitalize the first letter of each word and leave the other letters lowercase, click Capitalize Each Word.

    • To shift between two case views (for example, to shift between Capitalize Each Word and the opposite, cAPITALIZE eACH wORD), click tOGGLE cASE.

    Tips: 

    • To apply small capital (Small Caps) to your text, select the text, and then on the Format menu, select Font, and in the Font dialog box, under Effects, select the Small Caps box.

      Small Caps shortcut key: ⌘ + SHIFT + K

    • To undo the case change, press ⌘ + Z .

    • To use a keyboard shortcut to change between lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word, select the text and then press fn+ SHIFT + F3 until the style you want is applied.

See also

Insert a drop cap

Choose AutoCorrect options for capitalization

PowerPoint for the web supports changing case. See the procedure below.

Word for the web doesn’t support changing case. Use the desktop application to open the document and change text case there, or else you can manually change the casing of text in Word for the web.

  1. Select the text you want to change.

  2. Go to Home > More Font Options > Change case.

    Select the "More Font Options" ellipsis button, select Change Case, and then select the option you want.

  3. Choose the case you want to use.

Замена заглавных букв на строчные в MS Word

Как изменить регистр в MS Word

Бывают досадные ситуации: набрали текст в MS Word, но не заметили, что включен «Caps Lock». В результате получилась строка из заглавных букв, которая выглядит нелепо, но, к счастью, ее легко исправить.

Как заглавные буквы сделать строчными в Ворд

Заглавные (прописные) символы отличаются от строчных слегка увеличенным размером при одинаковом шрифте. Ошибочно включенный «Caps Lock» Ворд обычно распознает, автоматически исправляя регистр вводимых букв и отключая «Caps Lock». Но иногда эту замену надо сделать вручную.

Заменяем прописные буквы на строчные в Word 2007/2010/2016

Сменить регистр символов можно несколькими способами. Для этого надо выделить необходимый фрагмент текста или установить курсор на нужном слове и применить любой из нижеописанных способов.

Способ 1: Панель инструментов

  1. Кликните по кнопке «Аа», расположенной в секции «Шрифт» на панели инструментов.
  2. В появившемся выпадающем списке выберите «все строчные».
  3. Кликните по кнопке «ОК».

Изменить на все строчные в MS Word

Способ 2: Горячие клавиши «Shift-F3»

Нажмите несколько раз на комбинацию клавиш «Shift-F3», предварительно выделив необходимый фрагмент текста. После каждого нажатия регистр символов будет меняться, соответствуя одному из состояний:

  • как в предложениях;
  • все строчные;
  • начинать с прописных;
  • все прописные;
  • изменить регистр.

Заменяем заглавные буквы на строчные в MS Word 2003

Несмотря на то, что Ворд 2003 очень сильно устарел, некоторые пользователи все еще его используют из-за простоты интерфейса или в силу привычки. В главном меню легко ориентироваться, так как все команды лежат, что называется, на поверхности. Среди них легко отыскивается и операция по замене регистра, которую можно выполнить несколькими способами.

Способ 1: Команда Главного меню

  1. В главном меню выберите «Формат».
  2. В открывшемся подменю выберите «Регистр».
  3. В появившемся окне выберите «все прописные».
  4. Кликните по кнопке «ОК».

Исправление на строчные символы в MS Word 2003

Способ 2: Горячие клавиши «Shift-F3»

Выделив необходимый текст, нажмите «Shift-F3» несколько раз, пока в выбранном фрагменте или слове не станут все символы строчными.

В MS Word можно продуктивно работать, используя даже небольшую часть его возможностей, но в программе реализован большой функционал, позволяющий быстро выполнять не только форматирование. Ворд позволяет легко и быстро решать и множество других задач для работы с текстом, таблицами, рисунками, оглавлением, страницами, сносками, ссылками и так далее. Создание даже очень объемных проектов будет быстрым и комфортным.

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Как сделать прописные буквы строчными в Ворде

Способ 1: Кнопка на ленте

Среди многочисленных инструментов текстового редактора Microsoft Word, предоставляющих возможность изменения шрифта и его внешнего вида, есть тот, что решает задачу из заголовка статьи – «Регистр».

  1. Выделите текст прописными буквами, которые требуется заменить на строчные.
  2. Выделение текста прописными буквами в текстовом редакторе Microsoft Word

  3. Разверните меню показанной на изображении ниже кнопки и выберите предпочтительный вариант, ориентируясь на вид записей-пунктов и показанные ниже примеры. В большинстве случаев подходящим решением является первый или последний, по крайней мере, если речь идет о нескольких предложениях, а не отдельных словах.
    Выбор варианта изменения регистра в текстовом редакторе Microsoft Word

    Обратите внимание! Последний пункт меняет регистр, в котором записан текст, на противоположный. Его использование целесообразно в случаях, подобных тому, что можно видеть в первом абзаце наших примеров выше – предложения начинаются со строчных букв, но все остальные прописные. Ниже показан результат его преобразования.

    Изменить регистр нестандартного текста в текстовом редакторе Microsoft Word

  4. По необходимости повторите это действие с другими фрагментами текста, после чего сохраните внесенные изменения.
  5. Результат изменения регистра всего текста в текстовом редакторе Microsoft Word
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Способ 2: Горячие клавиши

Другой возможный вариант изменения регистра в текстовом документе Word заключается в использовании указанного ниже сочетания клавиш.

Shift + F3
Выделить текст в нестандартном регистре в текстовом редакторе Microsoft Word
Как и в предыдущем случае, выделите фрагмент текста, записанного прописными буквами, и воспользуйтесь указанной комбинацией для его преобразования в строчные. Скорее всего, эти клавиши потребуется нажать несколько раз, так как за ними закреплены все пять вариантов, а их порядок зависит от изначального регистра.
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When you have text in your document that is in the wrong case, you might think that you have a lot of manual editing ahead of you. Luckily Word offers a solution that you can use when you need to know how to convert capital letter to small letter in Word.

How to Change Capital Letter to Small Letter in Laptop with Word

  1. Open your document.
  2. Select the text.
  3. Choose the Home tab.
  4. Click the Change Case button, then choose lowercase.

Our guide continues below with additional information on how to convert capital letter to small letter in Word when you need to change a lot of your text that has the wrong case applied to it.

In an ideal world, everyone would type everything with correct spelling, correct grammar, and in the correct case.

Unfortunately, that is not the case, so we need to employ the use of dedicated tools to correct situations where words and sentences are incorrect.

Many users of Microsoft Word 2010 are familiar with the spelling and grammar checks that the program offers, but you might not be aware that you can also convert capital letters to small letters in Word 2010.

More commonly referred to as “uppercase” and “lowercase,” it can be frustrating to receive a document from a coworker or team member that is written without correct upper and lower case usage.

You may have thought that you would need to retype the entire document, but Word 2010 can help speed up the process by converting an entire document of uppercase letters to lowercase.

Do you have sections in your document that you don’t need? Our how to delete section break in Word article will show you how to remove those sections by eliminating the breaks.

Switching Uppercase to Lowercase in Word 2010 (Guide with Pictures)

Frequent Internet usage has taught most people that using all uppercase letters when typing makes the reader think that they are shouting.

However, some people still insist on typing in uppercase letters if they think it helps them get their point across.

Regardless of the intentions of the original writer, uppercase writing has no place in a document that needs to be correctly formatted with proper case usage and punctuation.

Continue reading to learn how to change a Word 2010 selection from all capital uppercase letters to all smaller lowercase letters.

Step 1: Open the document in Word 2010.

Step 2: Use your mouse to highlight the uppercase section of the document that you want to convert to lowercase.

If the entire document is uppercase, then you can just press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select everything.

select the uppercase text

Step 3: Click the Home tab at the top of the window.

click the Word Home tab

Step 3: Click the Change Case drop-down menu in the Font section of the ribbon at the top of the window, then click the lowercase option.

how to convert capital letters to small letters in word 2010

You will notice that you also have some other options that you can apply to the selection, including Sentence Case, Capitalize each word, and Toggle Case.

If you are unsure of which option is best for you, you can try each one on your selection until you achieve the desired result.

If you are looking to upgrade to a newer version of Word, then Office 365 could be a good choice for you.

See also

  • How to insert a check mark in Microsoft Word
  • How to do small caps in Microsoft Word
  • How to center text in Microsoft Word
  • How to merge cells in Microsoft Word tables
  • How to insert a square root symbol in Microsoft Word

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Change the capitalization or case of text

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.
  2. Go to Home > Change case .
  3. Do one of the following: To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters as lowercase, click Sentence case. To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

Contents

  • 1 How do I change all caps to lowercase in word?
  • 2 How do I change caps to lowercase without retyping?
  • 3 How do I make my letters automatically lowercase?
  • 4 How do you make all caps lowercase in word Mac?
  • 5 Why is shift F3 not working?
  • 6 How do you change to capitals in Word?
  • 7 What is a toggle case?
  • 8 Is there a way to Uncapitalize letters in Google Docs?
  • 9 How do I turn on auto capitalization?
  • 10 How do you make capital letters lowercase in Excel?
  • 11 How do you change case in Excel without formula?
  • 12 Where is F3 on a Mac?
  • 13 How do I change text to all caps in pages?
  • 14 How do you capitalize highlighted text on Mac?
  • 15 How do I change F3?
  • 16 How do I change the F3 key on my keyboard?
  • 17 What does Ctrl F3 do in Word?
  • 18 How do I shade a paragraph in Word?
  • 19 How do you change case in word?
  • 20 How do you change case in docs?

How do I change all caps to lowercase in word?

How to change uppercase and lowercase text in Microsoft Word

  1. Highlight all the text you want to change.
  2. Hold down the Shift and press F3 .
  3. When you hold Shift and press F3, the text toggles from sentence case (first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase), to all uppercase (all capital letters), and then all lowercase.

How do I change caps to lowercase without retyping?

Select the text you want to change the case of, using your mouse or keyboard. On the Home tab of the Ribbon, go to the Fonts command group and click the arrow next to the Change Case button.

How do I make my letters automatically lowercase?

Or use Word’s keyboard shortcut, Shift + F3 on Windows or fn + Shift + F3 for Mac, to change selected text between lowercase, UPPERCASE or capitalizing each word.

How do you make all caps lowercase in word Mac?

Change text case in Word for Mac

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.
  2. On the Home tab, click Change Case .
  3. Choose an option from the menu: To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters lowercase, click Sentence case. To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

Why is shift F3 not working?

Shift F3 Not Working When The “Fn” Key Is Locked
2.Fn + Caps Lock. Fn + Lock Key (A keyboard key with only a lock icon on it) Press and Hold the Fn key to enable/disable.

How do you change to capitals in Word?

Change to Uppercase Using the Ribbon

  1. Select the text you want to change to uppercase, then go to the Home tab.
  2. In the Font group, select the Change Case drop-down arrow.
  3. Choose UPPERCASE to change the selected text to all uppercase letters.

What is a toggle case?

Toggle case is used when you want to automatically change the case of the text you have already typed. If you highlight a portion of text it will change all the lower case to uppercase and all lower case to upper case in one click. Just highlight the text and click on toggle case and it will change for you.

Is there a way to Uncapitalize letters in Google Docs?

Now you can simply choose “Capitalization” from the Format menu in Docs, and select one of the following: lowercase, to make all the letters in your selection lowercase. UPPERCASE, to capitalize all the letters in your selection.

How do I turn on auto capitalization?

Open the messaging app of your choice.

  1. On the on-screen keyboard, tap the gear icon.
  2. In the Settings menu, select “Text correction.”
  3. Swipe up on the Text Correction menu until you locate “Auto-capitalization.”
  4. Tap the slider next to “Auto-capitalization” so that it appears gray instead of blue.

In cell B2, type =PROPER(A2), then press Enter. This formula converts the name in cell A2 from uppercase to proper case. To convert the text to lowercase, type =LOWER(A2) instead. Use =UPPER(A2) in cases where you need to convert text to uppercase, replacing A2 with the appropriate cell reference.

How do you change case in Excel without formula?

Upper Case

  1. highlight the desired cells to be converted.
  2. using your RIGHT mouse button, right-click on the thick, green border surrounding the selection.
  3. drag a small amount away form the selection and then immediately return to the original selection location.
  4. release your right mouse button.

Where is F3 on a Mac?

The Function of Each F Key

Mac Function Keys
F3 Activates Expose view, which shows you every app that’s running
F4 Showcases your apps or opens the dashboard for access to widgets
F5 For back lit keyboards, F5 decreases the keyboard’s brightness
F6 For back lit keyboards, F6 increases the keyboard’s brightness

How do I change text to all caps in pages?

Select the text you want to change, or click where you want to type new text. Choose Format > Font > Capitalization and choose an option from the submenu. All Caps: Choose to change the text to capitals.

How do you capitalize highlighted text on Mac?

  1. Highlight the text you want to change in an application like TextEdit or Notes by dragging the cursor over the text.
  2. Hold down the “Control” key on the keyboard and click the highlighted text.
  3. Select “Make Upper Case” to change the text to all upper case letters.

How do I change F3?

On all laptops you have to press the function (Fn) key and the f3 button to do that.

How do I change the F3 key on my keyboard?

3 Answers. Press Fn + F3 . This would press the actual F3 key, instead of your brightness key. You can also (as I have done) change this setting because having F3 default to brightness is dumb.

What does Ctrl F3 do in Word?

Ctrl+F3: Cut selected text to the Spike. You can cut as much text as you want this way and it all accumulates on the Spike.

How do I shade a paragraph in Word?

Apply shading to words or paragraphs

  1. Select the word or paragraph that you want to apply shading to.
  2. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow next to Shading.
  3. Under Theme Colors, click the color that you want to use to shade your selection.

How do you change case in word?

To change the case of selected text in a document, do the following:

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.
  2. Go to Home > Change case .
  3. Do one of the following: To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters as lowercase, click Sentence case.

How do you change case in docs?

To change the text in a Docs document, fire up your browser, open a Google Docs document, and select the text you want to change. From the toolbar menu, click Format > Text > Capitalization, and from the list provided, choose the desired type of capitalization.

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Change Case options in Word, like many Word features goes beyond the obvious choices from the basic shortcut. There’s up to five choices on the ribbon with a keyboard shortcut to reach it.

Alter the upper/lower case of words, phrases or more.  ‘change case’ can become ‘Change Case’ or ‘CHANGE CASE’ or even “cHANGE cASE” without retyping.

There are four ways to change the case of existing text in Word:

  • Keyboard shortcut
  • Change Case button on the Ribbon
    • Alt shortcut to reach the ribbon menu.
  • The Font dialog box
  • Replace text – good when there’s many words or phrases to change.

Keyboard shortcut – Shift + F3

To change text using only the keyboard, highlight the selected text, hold down the Shift key and press F3. This option will toggle around three different case options:

  • All uppercase
  • All lowercase
  • Sentence case (first letter of each sentence is uppercase and the rest lowercase)

Using the ribbon

Another way to change the case of text is to select the text that you want to change and click the Change Case button on the Font group of the Home tab on the Ribbon.

When you click the button, a dropdown menu will appear showing different options for you to choose. There are two more choices here than using Shift + F3.

  • Sentence case – The first letter of each sentence in the selected text is capitalized and the rest will be lowercase. Just like these two sentences!
  • Lowercase – all text will forced to lowercase.
  • Uppercase – all the selected text goes to UPPER case.
  • Capitalize each word – the first letter of each word will be uppercase, and the rest lowercase.
  • Toggle – reverse the case.  Uppercase letters become lowercase, and all lowercase letters are changed to uppercase.

Alt key sequence for Change Case

The mouse-free to reach the Change Case menu is:

Alt , H, 7 which reaches the Change Case menu list. Press S L U C or T to choose the Change Case option you want.

Using the Font Dialog Box

There are two lesser known change case options hiding under the Home | Font part of the ribbon.

The Font dialog box is under the arrow in the bottom right corner of the Font group of the Home tab on the Ribbon.

We’ve talked about those little icons many times at Office-Watch.com.  Always look for them on the ribbon and click to discover a lot more choices than the basic Office ribbon offerings

There are two options for capitalization on the Font dialog box.

  • Small caps – All letters will be capitalized, but letters that were already lowercase will be slightly smaller, as shown below.
  • All caps – All letters will be capitalized, the same as if UPPERCASE was selected using the method described above.

These two ‘Caps’ options are different from regular Change Case choices.  They change the look of the letters but don’t change the underlying Upper/lower case of the letters.  Confused?  It’s a bit like strikethough or superscript formatting which changes the appearance in the document, but the underlying letters haven’t changed.

NOTE: Small caps in the Font dialog box can be used in conjunction with the other two methods for changing case. Letters that would be uppercase using the other options will be slightly larger than letters that would be lowercase using the other options.

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You know that moment when you finally figure out something, but you figured it out years after you really needed it? Don’t you freaking hate that?!

Thanks to Reddit user josawalk, whom I hate, yet love, I now know how to change chunks of text from all capital letters to lowercase.

There were so many times in school when I needed to copy text from some PDF or a source like JSTOR and all of the letters were in uppercase!

SOMETIMES I SIMPLY FORGOT THAT CAPS LOCK WAS ON AND WOULD HAVE TO RETYPE THAT WHOLE SENTENCE.

If only I knew about this easy MS Word keyboard shortcut, I would’ve saved so much time and effort.

Note that this trick will work with most of the Office suite of apps, including Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Excel

How to Change Cases in Microsoft Word for Windows

If you’re using MS Word on a Windows system, simply highlight the text and press:

  • Shift + F3

Word will automatically lowercase everything first, and if you tap the shortcut again, it will take into account periods and capitalize the start of a sentence.

For example, it will start out looking like this:

How to Instantly Change Blocks of 'CAPITALIZED TEXT' in Microsoft Word to 'Lowercase Letters'

Use the keyboard shortcut and you’ll get all lowercase:

How to Instantly Change Blocks of 'CAPITALIZED TEXT' in Microsoft Word to 'Lowercase Letters'

Then use the shortcut again to capitalize all of the first words of a sentence:

How to Instantly Change Blocks of 'CAPITALIZED TEXT' in Microsoft Word to 'Lowercase Letters'

It’s that easy, and I still can’t believe I didn’t know this trick.

Alternatively, you can go to the Home tab and click on the Change Case icon in the Font group to transform your highlighted text.

How to Instantly Change Blocks of 'CAPITALIZED TEXT' in Microsoft Word to 'Lowercase Letters'

How to Change Cases in Word for Mac

If you have Word for Mac, then you’re going to have one extra key to press for this shortcut. Since the function keys at the top of your keyboard are used for a bunch of other things by default (brightness, sound, keyboard light, etc.), you will need to press the fn key to actually utilize the function keys.

So in order to alter your case, highlight the text and press:

  • Shift + fn + F3

Alternatively, you can highlight the text and go to Format -> Change Case and then select your preferred case style.

How to Instantly Change Blocks of 'CAPITALIZED TEXT' in Microsoft Word to 'Lowercase Letters'How to Instantly Change Blocks of 'CAPITALIZED TEXT' in Microsoft Word to 'Lowercase Letters'

If you’re using Pages on a Mac instead of Word, this trick won’t work. In fact, there is no built-in way to do this exact thing. However, if you need to capitalize a block of text (don’t know why you would), you can go to Format -> Font -> Capitalization and select All Caps to capitalize everything. Why don’t they include an All Lowercase option? Who freaking knows.

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Lowercase letter definition: Lowercase letters are all other letters not in uppercase.

Uppercase letter definition: Uppercase letters are letters that represent the beginning of a sentence or a proper noun.

In writing, most letters are lowercase. Lowercase letters are all letters that do not begin a sentence or refer to a proper noun.

English alphabet lowercase letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.

Examples of Lowercase Letters:

  • word
  • The word above uses only lowercase letters.
  • The sentence above has lowercase letters after the first letter of the sentence.
  • This sentence and the one directly above have all lowercase letters except for the “T.”

What are Uppercase Letters?

Capital caseUppercase letters are also known as capital letters. Uppercase letters signal to the reader that something is important or significant.

English alphabet uppercase letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.

Examples of Uppercase Letters:

  • Jones
    • This is a proper name, so the first letter of the title and the last name are capitalized
  • Main Street
    • This is a proper noun so the first letter of each word is capitalized

When to Use Uppercase Letters

What are lowercase lettersIn English, the first letter of every sentence is capitalized. The uppercase letter signals to the reader that a new sentence is beginning.

Other uses of uppercase letters are detailed below.

Titles

All titles are considered proper nouns and require capitalization.

Examples:

  • Miss Mabry
    • Incorrect: miss mabry
  • Mathers
    • Incorrect: mr. mathers
  • Madam Lockfield
    • Incorrect: madam lockfield
  • Lady Grace
    • Incorrect: lady grace
  • Janks
    • Incorect: mrs. janks

Acronyms

Capitol letters Acronyms are a type of abbreviation. Acronyms are words formed from other letters to make a new word. However, they require capital letters to signal to the reader that those letters stand for something and are not a word alone.

Examples:

  • NATO
    • North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • UNICEF
    • United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
  • SCUBA
    • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

All Proper Nouns

All proper nouns need to be capitalized.

Examples:

  • We visited the Bowers Museum on Saturday.
    • Incorrect: We visited the bowers museum on Saturday.
  • I would like to tour the Eiffel Tower.
    • Incorrect: I would like to tour the eiffel tower.
  • Their names are Jake and Suzy.
    • Incorrect: Their names are jake and suzy.

When to Use Lowercase Letters

What are uppercase letters Use lowercase letters for all letters other than the first in a sentence, provided that there is no required use for uppercase letters in the sentence.

Examples:

  • Every word in this sentence other than the first word is written in lowercase.
  • The only words in this sentence that require uppercase letters are the proper nouns, London and Paris.

All nouns that are not proper nouns are called common nouns. All common nouns use lowercase letters (unless a common noun begins a sentence).

Examples:

  • tree
  • dog
  • bird
  • water
  • air
  • star
  • street
  • girl
  • baby

Summary

Define lowercase letters: lowercase letters are those letters used for common nouns and internal words.

Define uppercase letters: uppercase letters (also called capital letters) are those letters that signify the beginning of a sentence or a proper noun.

In summary,

  • Uppercase and lowercase letters refer to all letters used to compose the English language.
  • Uppercase letters are used to begin sentences and are also used for proper nouns.
  • Lowercase letters are all letters that do not begin sentences.

Contents

  • 1 What are Lowercase Letters?
  • 2 What are Uppercase Letters?
  • 3 When to Use Uppercase Letters
    • 3.1 Titles
    • 3.2 Acronyms
    • 3.3 All Proper Nouns
  • 4 When to Use Lowercase Letters
  • 5 Summary

You can change the case of selected text in a document by clicking the Change Case button on the ribbon. For example, you can change the selected text from lowercase to UPPERCASE.

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.

  2. On the Home tab, click Change Case  Home tab, Font group, Change Case button .

  3. Choose an option from the menu:

    • To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters lowercase, click Sentence case.

    • To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

    • To capitalize all of the letters, click UPPERCASE.

    • To capitalize the first letter of each word and leave the other letters lowercase, click Capitalize Each Word.

    • To shift between two case views (for example, between Capitalize Each Word and the opposite, cAPITALIZE eACH wORD, click tOGGLE cASE.

    Notes: 

    • To undo the case change, press COMMAND + Z .

    • To format text in all small capital letters: Select the text, and then press COMMAND + SHIFT + K.

  1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font group, click Change Case  Home tab, Font group, Change Case button .

  3. Choose an option from the pop-up menu:

    • To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters lowercase, click Sentence case.

    • To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

    • To capitalize all of the letters, click UPPERCASE.

    • To capitalize the first letter of each word and leave the other letters lowercase, click Title Case.

    • To shift between two case views (for example, between Capitalize Each Word and the opposite, cAPITALIZE eACH wORD, click tOGGLE cASE.

    Notes: 

    • To undo the case change, press COMMAND + Z .

    • To change case by using a keyboard shortcut, select the text, and then press SHIFT + F3 until the style you want—title case, all caps, or lowercase—is selected.

See also

Align or justify text

Apply a drop cap

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