Small Caps or Small capitals is not something that you would normally use in a word document. Most of us mistake it for changing the case but there is so much more to this. This tutorial article takes you through what a small caps is and how to do small caps in Word Online.
To change the text in a word document into small caps you will need to select the text. Once selected go to the font. Here you will see various options that are available. From among those check the box next to small caps. Click ok and the selected text will be formatted.
How to do small caps in Word Online?
Small capitals also known as small caps, is a function that Word offers users where small case characters resemble upper case letters. This form of formatting is used to give importance to text but not in the way that all caps would give it.
Most users are unaware of this function and in this section, we will take you through how to add it to your document.
This function is not available in word online and hence you will need to use the desktop application.
- Locate and open the document you would like to work on. If you need to format a word online document you can start by clicking on Editing and then selecting Open in Desktop app.
- You will have the document open in the Word application.
- Select the text that needs to be formatted.
How to apply small caps in word on mac?
After the text is highlighted you have two options to format the text
- Right-click on the text
- From the options in the drop-down menu select Font
- The second method of doing it would include clicking on Format in the top panel
- You will have a drop-down menu, and from the options select Font.
Both the options will open a popup menu on your screen
- Under the Effects section, you will see Small Caps
- To select this option you will need to click on the box next to it
- You will now see a checkmark in the box.
- To apply the changes to the document click on OK.
How to apply small caps in word on Windows?
if you are looking to apply small caps to text in windows after you have selected the text here are the steps to follow.
- Right-click on the text.
- You will have a drop-down menu
- Click on Font
Another way of doing this is by going to the Home tab in the top ribbon of the document
- You will see the font section under Home
- On the right of this section, you will see an outward-pointing arrow.
- Click on this arrow for the menu
The font menu has various options
- Check the box next to Small Caps
- Click on OK to apply the changes to your document.
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How to change lowercase to uppercase in Word?
Most users creating word documents are familiar with how to change the text from the lower case to the upper case. Here is an overview of how it’s done.
- Select the text that you would like to format. If you want all the text in the document to be formatted use Ctrl + A in Windows or Command + A in Mac.
- Once you have selected the text you
- Click on Home in the top ribbon of the document
- Under Home, you will see the Font section. Click on Aa
- You will have a drop-down menu with options to choose from
- Click on Upper case.
- Once you click on Upper case the selected text will change from lowercase to UPPERCASE.
How to change lowercase to uppercase in word mac?
You can use the change case option to convert the text from lower to upper case. Here is how to turn lowercase to uppercase in word mac.
- Select the text that needs to be formatted
- Click on Format in the top panel
- Select Change case from the options available
- You will have a popup menu with change case options
- Select Upper case
- Click on OK to apply it to the selected text.
Another way of changing the case of text selected in a document is from the Home tab.
- Click on Home in the top ribbon of the document
- Go to Aa in the font section
- You will have a dropdown menu
- From the options available select uppercase
- The selected text will now change from lower case to upper case.
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How to change uppercase to lowercase in word keyboard shortcut?
Like everything in Word, there is a keyboard shortcut to change the text from upper case to lower case. Here is an overview for both Mac and Windows.
Windows
- Select the text you need to format
- Use Shift + F3 to change the case
Mac
- Select the text
- Use Fn + Shift + F3 to change the case
You can use the same combination to switch between low and upper case.
How to use toggle case in Word?
Every Word user has at some point come across the toggle case but hasn’t really understood how to use it. This section takes you through what is toggle case and how to use toggle case effectively in a document.
what is toggle case?
The toggle case is used to change a large chunk of text to lowercase when you have accidentally left the caps-lock on. If you realize that the caps lock was on the entire time you were typing the paragraph you do not need to delete it. All you need to do is use the toggle case option and the text will change back to lower case.
The toggle case is not sensitive to punctuation so you will not have capitals at the start of sentences. The entire chunk will change to lowercase. If you use it again it goes back to all caps.
How to use toggle case in Word Online?
In previous sections, we looked at How to do small caps in Word Online. Here is how to use the toggle case in Word online.
- Select the text that needs to be formatted.
- Click on Home in the top ribbon of the document
- Go to the font section and select Aa
- You will have a drop-down menu
- From the options select Toggle case
How to use toggle case in Word for Mac?
On Mac devices, there are two ways of changing the case to toggle case. Here are the steps to follow
- Select the text to be formatted
- Go to home in the top ribbon and click on the Aa symbol
- You will have a dropdown menu.
- From the options select toggle case
Another way of changing cases is from the Format menu
- Select the text
- Click on Format in the top panel
- Select Change Case
- From the options select Toggle Case
Conclusion
This article took you through How to do small caps in Word Online? It also looked at how to change the case from upper to lower. Lastly, the article took you through toggle case, what is the function of toggle case and how to use it.
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