dsb@mbunix.mitre.org (01/16/91)
I want to change the case of a section of text. I type in some text (lowercase). Then I hit shift <F10> (ALL CAPS). Bang, the text goes to uppercase. Shift <F10> again the text is back as lowercase. Now type some text as uppercase. Shift <F10>. Nothing. What is going on ? Is there something I am missing ? Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer. -Scott Scott Blodgett The MITRE Corporation dsb@mbunix.mitre.org (617) 271 - 4960
jay@ut-emx.uucp (Jay Boisseau) (01/17/91)
In article <1991Jan16.134832.23438@linus.mitre.org>, dsb@mbunix.mitre.org writes > I want to change the case of a section of text. I type in some text > (lowercase). Then I hit shift <F10> (ALL CAPS). Bang, the text goes to > uppercase. Shift <F10> again the text is back as lowercase. > > Now type some text as uppercase. Shift <F10>. Nothing. > > What is going on ? Is there something I am missing ? > > Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer. > -Scott When you type the text as lower case, you are entering different characters than when you type in the corresponding uppercase letters (think of it terms of ascii codes, if that helps). The character format 'uppercase' does not change the characters codes, it merely changes the way they appear on the screen, just as the other character formats change the appearance (bold, italics, etc.). Therefore, if you type in upercase case letters to begin with, you can still apply the character format 'uppercase'... only the change in appear- ance will not be a change (changing uppercase letters to look like uppercase clearly won't do anything). When you remove that style, you DO remove the character formatting 'uppercase', and your original characters remain... which were uppercase, in your example. The key is to think of the format 'uppercase' just as you would 'bold'. If you remove the format, your original characters remain (upper- or lowercase). Jay Boisseau jay@emx.utexas.edu
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) (01/17/91)
In article <1991Jan16.134832.23438@linus.mitre.org> dsb@mbunix.mitre.org writes: |I want to change the case of a section of text. I type in some text |(lowercase). Then I hit shift <F10> (ALL CAPS). Bang, the text goes to |uppercase. Shift <F10> again the text is back as lowercase. | |Now type some text as uppercase. Shift <F10>. Nothing. | |What is going on ? Is there something I am missing ? Yes. Review the command you are using; it is "All Caps", not "Change Case". In Word, "All Caps" is a character style, just like "italic" or "bold" are character styles. In the first example, you typed in lower case text, applied the "All Caps" style, and noted that it chagned to upper case. When that style is removed by issuing the command again, the text reverts to lower case, as it was originally entered. In the second example, upper case text is given the "All Caps" style, which has no visible effect, since the text is all caps to begin with. However, that run of text now posesses the "All Caps" style, which means that any lower case text added within it will appear in upper case. More redundant examples: I type this: Shift <F10> once: Shift <F10> again: this is a test THIS IS A TEST this is a test This is a Test THIS IS A TEST This is a Test Now, a really long, "following the bouncing ball" example. Type this in Word: A short sentence. Select it and hit shift <F10>. It will change to: A SHORT SENTENCE. Now, put the insertion point after "SHORT" and type, _in_lowercase_, the word "meaningless"; you will note that as you type these unshifted letters they appear in uppercase. The screen will look like: A SHORT MEANINGLESS SENTENCE. Select the sentence and hit Shift <F10>; it will change to: A short meaningless sentence. "meaningless" changed to lowercase because it was originally entered as lowercase text. Hit Shift <F10> again to turn the sentence to uppercase again; then put the insertion point after "MEANINGLESS", engage the CAPS LOCK key, and add the word "ENGLISH". The sentence should read: A SHORT MEANINGLESS ENGLISH SENTENCE. If you select the sentence and hit Shift <F10> yet again, it will become: A short meaningless ENGLISH sentence. "ENGLISH" did not change because it was originally entered as shifted letters. So to sum up this overly long explanation: The "All Caps" style changes the selected text from its case as entered [lower or upper] to all upper case. If the text is already in uppercase, you will notice no effect, unless you start adding text. chaz -- Someone please release me from this trance. clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone