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Any way to get Word 2007 to convert to title case. The only option seems to
be "Capitalize every word," which capitalizes articles. Seems kind of dumb
to me.

BTW, you can do this in WordPerfect. ARGGGHH!

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Select the sentence or group of words, then use Shift + F3 to toggle through
until you see the title case appear.

But note: Word isn't good at title case because it capitalizes prepositions!
However, if you go to this FAQ, it shows how to add a macro to create
correct title case.

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/...itle_Case.html

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Any way to get Word 2007 to convert to title case. The only option seems
to be "Capitalize every word," which capitalizes articles. Seems kind of
dumb to me.

BTW, you can do this in WordPerfect. ARGGGHH!


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The only improvement in "title case" in Word 2007 is that they have changed
the name to more accurately (and honestly) reflect what it actually does:
Capitalize every word. As you say, WP has been able to do this correctly for
many years. One assumes that Word's failure to do so reflects either apathy
on the part of the developers or the assumption of apathy on the part of
users. Terry's link is about the best you're going to do, I'm afraid, though
clearly you'll need to edit the provided macro to include *all* the "little"
words you don't want to capitalize.

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Any way to get Word 2007 to convert to title case. The only option seems
to be "Capitalize every word," which capitalizes articles. Seems kind of
dumb to me.

BTW, you can do this in WordPerfect. ARGGGHH!



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Thank you, Suzanne. Yup, apathy is the correct word for Word. I'll see if I
can get the macro to work.

Thanks. {goes off muttering]


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The only improvement in "title case" in Word 2007 is that they have
changed the name to more accurately (and honestly) reflect what it
actually does: Capitalize every word. As you say, WP has been able to do
this correctly for many years. One assumes that Word's failure to do so
reflects either apathy on the part of the developers or the assumption of
apathy on the part of users. Terry's link is about the best you're going
to do, I'm afraid, though clearly you'll need to edit the provided macro
to include *all* the "little" words you don't want to capitalize.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"MJ Schaer" wrote in message
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Any way to get Word 2007 to convert to title case. The only option seems
to be "Capitalize every word," which capitalizes articles. Seems kind of
dumb to me.

BTW, you can do this in WordPerfect. ARGGGHH!




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In case you have (still) missed the point, the result of "Capitalize Every
Word" is not true title case, which is what the OP was asking about.

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"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:49:14 +0100, "Terry Farrell"
wrote:

Select the sentence or group of words, then use Shift + F3 to toggle
through
until you see the title case appear.

But note: Word isn't good at title case because it capitalizes
prepositions!
However, if you go to this FAQ, it shows how to add a macro to create
correct title case.

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/...itle_Case.html



In Word 2007 if you go to "Add-Ins" then "Format" it will give you the
option to Capitalize every word.






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This is a Sample of Title Case.

This Is Capitalising The First Character Of Every Word, Which Is Not Title
Case.

THIS IS ALL CAPITALS, WHICH IS NOT TITLE CASE.

Terry

"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:49:14 +0100, "Terry Farrell"
wrote:

Select the sentence or group of words, then use Shift + F3 to toggle
through
until you see the title case appear.

But note: Word isn't good at title case because it capitalizes
prepositions!
However, if you go to this FAQ, it shows how to add a macro to create
correct title case.

http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/Pages/...itle_Case.html



In Word 2007 if you go to "Add-Ins" then "Format" it will give you the
option to Capitalize every word.


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And some people think it looks nicer if they capitalize "long" words (such
as "between" and "through") and not "short" ones, such as "he" and "is," and
they probably have a point. But the "rule" is not to capitalize articles or
prepositions (no matter how long) except at the beginning of the title or
after a colon or dash, and the last time I looked, "to" is a preposition,
even though I can see how someone might be dubious about that when it's part
of an infinitive.

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"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 May 2008 13:17:24 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

In case you have (still) missed the point, the result of "Capitalize Every
Word" is not true title case, which is what the OP was asking about.


I didn't miss the point, but there are several conventions on how
"Title" is used. Capitalizing all words in a title has become
acceptable, but if you want to get technical, the following rules can
apply:

1. The "The Chicago Manual of Style" says the following about
capitalization in titles:

-Always capitalize the first and the last word.
-Capitalize all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and
subordinate conjunctions ("as", "because", "although").
-Lowercase all articles, coordinate conjunctions ("and", "or", "nor"),
and prepositions regardless of length, when they are other than the
first or last word.
-Lowercase the "to" in an infinitive."

As you can see, it can get complicated which is why many just
capitalize every word in a title.





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