Changing Case of Text

Changing Case of Text

PageMaker provides three type-case attributes: Normal leaves uppercase and lowercase letters as typed; All Caps displays letters as full-sized capitals; and Small Caps displays lowercase letters as small capitals, based on the size specified.

Terminology

Lower Case

All the letters are not capitalized. Example: this selection is lower case.

Upper Case

All the letters are capitalized. Example: THIS SELECTION IS UPPER CASE.

Title Case

The first letter of each word will be capitalized; the rest of the letters are not capitalized. Example: This Selection Is Title Case.

Sentence Case

The first letter of a word beginning a sentence will be capitalized; the rest of the letters are not capitalized. Example: This selection is sentence case. The capital letter comes after an end punctuation mark.

Toggle Case

The letters that are currently not capitalized will be changed to upper case; the letters that are currently capitalized will be changed to lower case. Example: tHIS sELECTION iS tHE tOGGLE cASE vERSION oF a tITLE cASE sAMPLE.

Changing the Text Case

To quickly change capitalization of a selected range of text, use the following instructions:

1. With the Text tool, select the text you wish to change capitalization of. Note: Make sure the [Caps Lock] key is not on. You cannot change case through any method while the [Caps Lock] key is on. 2. From the Utilities menu, select Plug-ins » Change Case... The Change Case dialog box appears.

3. Select the desired option. 4. Optional: To see the selected case applied to the text without closing the dialog box, click Apply. Note: To change the case of the text selection back to the previous case, click Restore. 5. Click Ok