User Guide

Chapter 10334

Converting type case

You can use the Convert Case commands to format text as uppercase, lowercase,

or small caps, or to apply title capitalization (uppercase for the ﬁrst letter of each

word) or sentence capitalization (uppercase for the ﬁrst letter of each sentence).

You can specify a size for small caps relative to the font size. (By default, small caps

are 75% of the current font size.) You can also specify exceptions to prevent

speciﬁed words from changing case.

To convert the type case:

1 With the Text tool, select the text to be changed.

2 Choose Text > Convert Case, and choose an option from the submenu:

Uppercase, Lowercase, Smalls Caps, Title, or Sentence.

To specify a size for small caps:

1 Choose Text > Convert Case > Settings.

2 In the Settings dialog box, enter a percentage value for Small Caps, relative to

the font size.

To specify exceptions to case conversion:

1 Choose Text > Convert Case > Settings.

2 Under Use Exceptions For, select the case or cases to which the exceptions will

apply. For example, if you are converting a text passage to Small Caps but want

to prevent certain words in the passage from being converted, select Small Caps.

3 Click Add and enter a word into the scroll list that you want to protect from

case conversion.

4 Repeat step 3 to add additional exceptions. The words you enter will

be prevented from converting when you apply the case conversion

speciﬁed in step 2.