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Fixing all-caps headings

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Last updated 3 years ago

  1. In View mode, click 'Analysis | Make headings Sentence case'.

  2. Review and fix headings.

  3. Don't forget Step 2.

Tips

  • Only run Make headings Sentence case when the headings are all-caps.

  • Run it as a first step, then check individual headings and re-capitalise proper nouns and acronyms.

  • Never run it as a last step.

  • Quick-edit sections that need words re-capitalised by clicking the pencil next to the heading.

Exercise

Copy and paste the text below into the editor.

SEC 1. - DEFINITIONS

  Blah blah blah.

SEC 2. - NATURAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIA

  Blah blah blah.

SEC 3. - THE SABC'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

  Blah blah blah. The Official Programme will be very official.

SEC 4. - HOW THIS WILL AFFECT REGULAR PEOPLE

  Blah blah blah.

  1. Click Update.

  2. Click 'Analysis | Make headings Sentence case'.

  3. Quick-edit sections 2 and 3 to fix their headings.

For more guidance on sentence case, see the .

Quick-edit section 2: 'inspector-general of police' should match the casing in subsection (1).
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