How to Capitalize Text Automatically in 4 Popular Word Processing Apps

It’s annoying to hold the Shift key to capitalize the first letter of every word of an article title. It’s hectic to manually correct the texts when you find out that you’ve been writing a whole paragraph with Caps Lock on. Moreover, when your client finds stray capital letters scattered through a few lines, that's disastrous.

In this article, we'll show you how you can use the automatic capitalization features of the top word processors.

1. WPS Office

This word processing software allows you to change the case of texts in two ways. Either you use its in-built function or modify the software settings.

1. Tweaking the WPS Office Settings

You can modify the Edit settings of WPF Office from its Options section to configure the tool for personalized case settings. You can customize these settings in the following ways:

• Autocorrect the text cases when you accidentally use the Caps Lock key.
• Use uppercase for the first letter of any sentence.
• Use uppercase for the names of the days in a week.

WPS Office will automatically apply preferred case settings during writing when you uncheck or check these options.

Related: Getting Started With WPS Office: How to Switch Over From Microsoft

2. Use the Change Case Function

The app includes a Change Case command within the Home tab. This command facilitates the automatic correction of text cases. Try the below-mentioned steps to change text cases:

1. Open WPS Office and create a document with any text in it.
2. Select the text for which you want to modify the case.
3. You’ll find the Change Case command near the font formatting options in the Home tab.

4. Click on this button and again click on the successive Change Case dialogue to access a message box with five text case options.
5. These options are Sentence case, Lowercase, Uppercase, Toggle case, and Capitalize each word.

6. The image in this tutorial displays how texts in a sentence turn into title case when you click the Capitalize each word command.

2. Google Docs

If you realize that the capitalization of the words in a title or line of a paragraph should be different, you can automatically correct that. Here are the two options that you might want to try:

1. Google Docs Text Formatting Feature

The Format tab in the Google Docs menus section comes with several text modifications. One of those is Capitalization that enables you to follow three types of automatic formatting of texts:

• Lowercase: You can select this option to switch every letter into lowercase.
• Uppercase: If you want all uppercase letters, you need to choose this option.
• Title Case: You might want to select this option to convert lines to titles.

For example, let’s convert a line of text into a title case by following these steps:

1. Open Google Docs and write a small paragraph.
2. Select the first line and then click on Format.

3. Now, hover over Text and then go to Capitalization to find the Title Case option.
4. Click on Title Case to convert a line of texts into a title case.

5. You may want to try the other options if you need all uppercase or lowercase.

Related: What Is Google Docs? How to Use It Like a Pro

2. Google Docs Add-on

You can download any Google Docs add-ons that capitalize texts if you’re looking for more features. Follow these steps to get add-ons:

1. You’ll see Add-ons on the Google Docs menus section. Click on it.
2. Now, click on Get add-ons.
3. Type Change Case in the Search apps box and hit enter.
4. You’ll see a list of add-ons. Choose the one that you like.
5. After installation, the add-on will show up in the Add-ons tab.
6. If you hover over the add-on, you’ll see the capitalization options it offers.

3. Microsoft Word

This word processing tool also allows you to change the case of your text with a click of a button called Change Case. You’ll find the option in the Home tab. You may follow these quick steps:

1. To change the case of any word, phrase, or line, select it.
2. Now, as shown in the above image, locate the Change Case option in the Home tab.

3. Click on that to find five distinct and automatic case settings.
4. Choose the one as per your requirement, and the selected text will automatically convert to that case setting.
5. In this tutorial, you'll see that choosing the Capitalize Each Word turns the line into an article title format.

6. Other case settings are Sentence Case, Uppercase, Lowercase, and Toggle Case.

You can also swap the case settings using a shortcut key if you love to use the keyboard. Here is how you can use the shortcut key:

1. Select any words or phrases for which you want to alter the text cases.
2. Press Shift+ F3 and swap case settings among uppercase, title case, and lowercase.
3. Keep pressing the shortcut key until you get the desired case format.

4. LibreOffice Writer

This word processing app offers you two options when you’re looking to change the text case.

1. Changing Text Case of Selected Words

Apply text case customizations to a selected word, phrase, or line by following these steps:

1. Open LibreOffice Writer and write a paragraph in it.
2. Select the word to which you want to apply case modifications.
3. Click on Format in the toolbar of the app.

4. Hover the mouse cursor over the Text option, and you’ll see case settings on the sidebar that appears.

5. You’ll see the following commands: Uppercase, Lowercase, Cycle case, Sentence case, Capitalize Every Word, Toggle case, and Small Capitals.
6. Choose the want you’re looking for, and the tool will automatically apply the changes.

2. Changing Text Case Using Font Effects

You need to use this feature when you want to apply a particular case setting to a whole paragraph. Let’s look at the steps below:

1. Click on Format in the toolbar.
2. Now, select Character.

3. Navigate to the Font Effects tab of the Character window.
4. Change the Case Effects to either Uppercase, Lowercase, or Capitalize Every Word.

5. Click on OK to apply the changes.
6. The customize case settings will come into effect when you start typing the new paragraph.

Automate to Free Up Your Mind

It’s not productive to bog down your mind with the basic tasks of writing, which a word processing app should be doing. Follow the above-mentioned methods of automatic text capitalization in the trending writing apps that you might be using.

Such automation frees up your mind so that you can focus on creative writing to deliver appealing and error-free content that a client expects from a proficient writer.