Capitalize First Letter Of Each Word

[Dave Davison]

To perform the task inferred in the title, as may be desired for sub headings of a document [using XP] I previously simply highlighted the text then hit the Alt & F3 keys together which gave me the said result then hitting the keys again made all letters into capital case. Hitting the same keys yet again restored the text to it's original case. This function has suddenly stopped working though the keyboard shortcut confirms it is still assigned. Any suggestions as to how to restore this function please? Thanks Dave.

[HansV]

The screenshot says ChangeCase is assigned to the shortcut Shift+F3, so it's not surprising that Alt+F3 doesn't work.

[Dave Davison]

Oops Hans, my mistake, I should have said Shift +F3 as you point out but the quandary still remains. Can't imagine why as it has just become apparent that the shortcut no longer works. I think the keyboard shortcut was set by default as I can not recall ever assigning the said keys for this task. Regards Dave.

[HansV]

Does the problem persist if you quit and restart Word? And if you restart your computer?

[Dave Davison]

Just tried that and the shortcut keys in question only toggle between; small Case; First letter of sentence is capitalized; then all letters are capitalized. First time I have encountered this since I first learned the keyboard shortcut way back in 2000. Cheers Dave.

[HansV]

The way Shift+F3 operates depends on the current selection.
If your selection includes (part of) at least two sentences, Shift+F3 toggles between UPPER CASE, lower case and Sentence case.
If you have selected text within one sentence, Shift+F3 toggles between UPPER CASE, lower case and Title Case.
To get all options, select Format | Change Case...

[Leif]

If your selection includes (part of) at least two sentences, Shift+F3 toggles between UPPER CASE, lower case and Sentence case.
If you have selected text within one sentence, Shift+F3 toggles between UPPER CASE, lower case and Title Case.

With my Word 10, I only get Title Case if I select less than one sentence - i.e. if I select

"This is a sentence"
I can get Title Case, but if I select

"This is a sentence."
- including the period at the end, I get Sentence case.

In other words, I don't think you need at "least two sentences" for Sentence case, unless this is a W10 idiosyncrasy!

[HansV]

You are correct - you get Title Case if the selection is within one sentence and does not include the entire sentence.

[Dave Davison]

Thanks for feedback......it's a bit late now so will digest what was said and see maybe where I am going wrong. Cheers Dave.

[Dave Davison]

Hi. just perused the comments and get the drift of the options, easy when one knows how. Thanks Dave.