1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3<!--*********************************************************** 4 * 5 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7 * distributed with this work for additional information 8 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textswriterguidetext_capitalxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Changing the Case of Text</title> 28<filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_capital.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155182"> 33<bookmark_value>characters; uppercase or lowercase</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>text; uppercase or lowercase</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>lowercase letters; text</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>uppercase; formatting text</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>capital letters;changing to small letters</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>changing;cases of text</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>initial capitals in titles</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>small capitals (guide)</bookmark_value> 41</bookmark><comment>MW added "small capitals"</comment> 42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155182" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="text_capital"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_capital.xhp" name="Changing the Case of Text">Changing the Case of Text</link> 43</variable></paragraph> 44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155916" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can change the case of text, format text with small capitals, or capitalize the first letter of each word in a selection.</paragraph> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10728" role="note" l10n="NEW">When you apply a formatting to your text by <emph>Format - Character</emph>, the text stays the same, it is only displayed in another way. On the other hand, when you choose <emph>Format - Change Case</emph>, the text is permanently changed.</paragraph> 46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155861" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">To Capitalize Text</paragraph> 47<list type="ordered"> 48<listitem> 49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147420" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="9">Select the text that you want to capitalize.</paragraph> 50</listitem> 51<listitem> 52<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149841" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">Do one of the following:</paragraph> 53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1120200910485778" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Change Case - Uppercase</item>.</paragraph> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1120200910485775" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Character</item>, click the Font Effects tab, then select the type of capitalization in the Effects box. "Capitals" capitalizes all letters. "Title" capitalizes the first letter of each word. "Small capitals" capitalizes all letters, but in a reduced font size.</paragraph> 55</listitem> 56</list> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149644" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 58oldref="11">To Change Text to Lowercase</paragraph> 59<list type="ordered"> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149964" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select the text that you want to change to lowercase.</paragraph> 62</listitem> 63<listitem> 64<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149606" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Do one of the following:</paragraph> 65<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id112020091049000" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Change Case - Lowercase</item>.</paragraph> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1120200910490034" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Character</item>, click the Font Effects tab, then select "Lowercase" in the Effects box.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68</list> 69<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 70<embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/> 71</body> 72</helpdocument> 73