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Changing the Case in Word

Sometimes, you're typing along and don't realize that you have left the Caps Lock key on. Or perhaps you typed a paragraph in all caps only to realize you would prefer to have it in caps and lower case. Or perhaps you've typed it normally, but you would rather have it appear in all caps. Word has several tools that can help you fix the text without retyping it.

• You can change the incorrect text manually by selecting the text and choosing Change Case from the Format Menu. This allows you to choose from a number of different formats including uppercase, lower case, sentence case (normal sentence capitalization), toggle case (make uppercase lower and lowercase upper), and title case.  
• You can also use the keyboard to change case. Once again, select the text. Then hold down the shift key and hit the F3 (function key) to cycle through the various options.
• Word has an AutoCorrect feature that automatically corrects accidental use of the caps lock key. This feature is located in the AutoCorrect option in the Tools menu. Make sure the "Correct accidental use of the cAPS lOCK key" is checked.
• You can also choose Font from the Format menu. This allows you to format text as all caps or even SMall Caps. Small caps is great for headings. In Word, small caps changes all of the text to caps, but the letters you capitalized are larger than the letters you don't.
  

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