<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[David Hendler&#039;s Writing]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://freetaco.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[David Hendler]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://freetaco.wordpress.com/author/davidhendler/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[MS Word: How to Make All&nbsp;Caps?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p>I was asked yesterday how to turn a whole paragraph of text in Microsoft Word to all caps. Here&#8217;s how you do it.</p>



<p>Let&#8217;s say you have a paragraph of text like so:</p>



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<ol><li><strong>Select </strong>all the text you want to change.</li><li><strong>Right-click</strong> the text and<strong> select &#8220;Font&#8221;</strong> from the pop-up menu.</li></ol>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="103" data-permalink="https://freetaco.wordpress.com/image-2/" data-orig-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png" data-orig-size="560,425" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="image-2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png?w=560" src="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-103" width="434" height="329" srcset="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png?w=434 434w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png?w=150 150w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png?w=300 300w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-2.png 560w" sizes="(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px" /></a><figcaption>Pop-up menu when text is highlighted. &#8220;Font&#8221; is selected from the menu.</figcaption></figure>



<p>The Font formatting menu screen displays.</p>



<p>3. <strong>Select </strong>the &#8220;<strong>All caps</strong>&#8221; check box in the &#8220;Effects&#8221; grouping.<br />Notice that in the Preview window, our text is now in all upper case or capital letters.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="108" data-permalink="https://freetaco.wordpress.com/image-4/" data-orig-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png" data-orig-size="517,516" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="image-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png?w=517" src="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png?w=517" alt="" class="wp-image-108" width="416" height="415" srcset="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png?w=416 416w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png?w=150 150w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png?w=300 300w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-4.png 517w" sizes="(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px" /></a><figcaption>MS Word Font formatting window with &#8220;All caps&#8221; selected.</figcaption></figure>



<p>4. Click the &#8220;<strong>OK</strong>&#8221; button.<br />Your original text displays in all uppercase or capital letters.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="109" data-permalink="https://freetaco.wordpress.com/image-5/" data-orig-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png" data-orig-size="403,445" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="image-5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png?w=272" data-large-file="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png?w=403" src="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png?w=403" alt="" class="wp-image-109" width="334" height="369" srcset="https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png?w=334 334w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png?w=136 136w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png?w=272 272w, https://freetaco.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-5.png 403w" sizes="(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px" /></a><figcaption>Sample &#8220;Lorem ipsum&#8221; text written in Word, now in all capital letters.</figcaption></figure>



<p>Other common uses of this: strikethrough all text; set superscript like with 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, or 3<sup>rd</sup>; set subscript to create molecular formulas like H<sub>2</sub>O.</p>
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