Change text case in Word for Mac

You can change the case of selected text in a document by clicking the Change Case button on the ribbon. For example, you can change the selected text from lowercase to UPPERCASE.

Newer versions Office 2011

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1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.

2. On the Home tab, click Change Case  .

3. Choose an option from the menu:

   • To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters lowercase, click Sentence case.

   • To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

   • To capitalize all of the letters, click UPPERCASE.

   • To capitalize the first letter of each word and leave the other letters lowercase, click Capitalize Each Word.

   • To shift between two case views (for example, between Capitalize Each Word and the opposite, cAPITALIZE eACH wORD, click tOGGLE cASE.

   Notes: 

   • To undo the case change, press + Z .

   • To format text in all small capital letters: Select the text, and then press COMMAND + SHIFT + K.

1. Select the text for which you want to change the case.

2. On the Home tab, under Font group, click Change Case  .

3. Choose an option from the pop-up menu:

   • To capitalize the first letter of a sentence and leave all other letters lowercase, click Sentence case.

   • To exclude capital letters from your text, click lowercase.

   • To capitalize all of the letters, click UPPERCASE.

   • To capitalize the first letter of each word and leave the other letters lowercase, click Title Case.

   • To shift between two case views (for example, between Capitalize Each Word and the opposite, cAPITALIZE eACH wORD, click tOGGLE cASE.

   Notes: 

   • To undo the case change, press + Z .

   • To change case by using a keyboard shortcut, select the text, and then press SHIFT + F3 until the style you want—title case, all caps, or lowercase—is selected.

See also

Align or justify text

Apply a drop cap