And, FWIW, it doesn't help to tell them that WordPerfect has been getting it
right for as many versions back as I can remember!
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"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
Jim
There is a standard for Title Case and it specifically excludes the
capitalisation of prepositions unless it is the first word in the
sentence.
So the algorithm that MS uses for Title Case is wrong. MS is well aware of
the shortcoming in Title Case, but I don't know what priority the bug has
or
whether they intend to repair it.
Terry Farrell
"Jim Henderson" wrote in message
...
: Thanks...what a macro. I guess I'm not the first person to ask this
: question. Do you think Microsoft will build this code into the software
: some day?
:
: Jim H.
:
: "Greg Maxey" wrote in message
: ...
: Jim,
:
: Select cat in the hat and run the following macro. You can cut or
words
: to
: alter as you like:
:
: Sub TitleCaseWithLowerCase()
:
: Application.ScreenUpdating = False
:
: 'Capitalize all words in selection
: Selection.FormattedText.Case = wdTitleWord
:
: 'Uncapitalize the listed words
: Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
: Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
:
: Call DoTitleCase("The ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Of ")
: Call DoTitleCase("And ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Or ")
: Call DoTitleCase("But ")
: Call DoTitleCase("A ")
: Call DoTitleCase("An ")
: Call DoTitleCase("To ")
: Call DoTitleCase("In ")
: Call DoTitleCase("With ")
: Call DoTitleCase("From ")
: Call DoTitleCase("By ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Out ")
: Call DoTitleCase("That ")
: Call DoTitleCase("This ")
: Call DoTitleCase("For ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Against ")
: Call DoTitleCase("About ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Between ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Under ")
: Call DoTitleCase("On ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Up ")
: Call DoTitleCase("Into ")
:
: 'Uncomment the next line if you want the selection dismissed.
: 'Selection.Collapse wdCollapseStart
:
: 're-capitalize first word in title
: Selection.Characters(1).Case = wdUpperCase
:
: End Sub
: Sub DoTitleCase(FindText As String)
: 'This procedure is called from TitleCaseWithLowerCase above
:
: Dim r As Range
: Set r = Selection.Range
:
: With Selection.Find
: .ClearFormatting
: .Text = FindText
: .Replacement.Text = "^&"
: .Forward = True
: .Wrap = wdFindStop
: .MatchCase = True
: .MatchWholeWord = True
:
: Do While .Execute
: Selection.FormattedText.Case = wdLowerCase
: r.Select
: Loop
: End With
: r.Select
:
: End Sub
:
: --
: Greg Maxey/Word MVP
: A Peer in Peer to Peer Support
:
: Jim Henderson wrote:
: Is there a way to tell word to uncapitalize the "small" words in a
: title? The "Change Case/Title Case" function seems pretty useless to
: me because it capitalizes every word in a title including "And",
: "Or", "Of" when they are part of a Title. How can I get Word to
: capitalize only the words that would appear capitalized in the
normal
: way a title is capitalized? Example: "the cat in the hat" becomes
: "The Cat In The Hat" and then Word immediately flags the word "In"
as
: an error to be replaced with "in".
:
: Jim Henderson
:
: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message
: ...
: On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:47:02 -0800, "amyallyaustin"
: wrote:
:
: how can i uncapitalize the first letter in a sentance
:
: The easiest way is to select the capital letter and type the lower
: case letter in its place.
:
: If you want to prevent the automatic capitalization, go to Tools
: AutoCorrect Options and uncheck "Capitalize first letter of
: sentences". Or if you just want to reverse the autocorrect
: occasionally, press Ctrl+Z or click Undo as soon as it happens. Or,
: in later versions of Word, hover the mouse over the little blue box
: under
: the capital letter until it expands into an AutoCorrect Options
: button, click it, and select the option you want.
:
: --
: Regards,
: Jay Freedman
: Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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