Adobe 65009333 - InCopy CS4 - PC Using Manual page 203

Change the case of type
The All Caps or Small Caps commands change the appearance of text, but not the text itself. Conversely, the Change
Case command changes the case setting of selected text. This distinction is important when searching or spell-checking
text. For example, suppose you type "spiders" in your document and apply All Caps to the word. Using Find/Change
(with Case Sensitive selected) to search for "SPIDERS" will not find the instance of "spiders" to which All Caps was
applied. To improve search and spell-check results, use the Change Case command rather than All Caps.
Change text to All Caps or Small Caps
InDesign can automatically change the case of selected text. When you format text as small caps, InDesign
automatically uses the small-cap characters designed as part of the font, if available. Otherwise, InDesign synthesizes
the small caps using scaled-down versions of the regular capital letters. The size of synthesized small caps is set in the
Type Preferences dialog box.
Before (top) and after (bottom) setting BC and AD in small caps to complement old-style numerals and surrounding text
If you select All Caps or Small Caps in an OpenType font, InDesign creates more elegant type. If you're using an
OpenType font, you can also choose All Small Caps from the Character panel menu or the Control panel. (See
OpenType font attributes" on page 187.)
1
Select text.
2
Choose All Caps or Small Caps in the Character panel menu or in the Control panel. If the text was originally typed
in all caps, selecting Small Caps will not change the text.
Specify the size for small caps
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Advanced Type (Windows) or InCopy > Preferences > Advanced Type (Mac OS).
2
For Small Caps, type a percentage of the original font size for text to be formatted as small caps. Then click OK.
Change capitalization
1
Select text.
2
Choose one of the following in the Type > Change Case submenu:
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To change all characters to lowercase, choose Lowercase.
• To capitalize the first letter of each word, choose Title Case.
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To change all characters to uppercase, choose Uppercase.
• To capitalize the first letter of each sentence, choose Sentence Case.
Note: The Sentence Case command assumes that the period (.), exclamation point (!), and question mark (?) characters
mark the ends of sentences. Applying Sentence Case may cause unexpected case changes when these characters are used
in other ways, as in abbreviations, file names, or Internet URLs. In addition, proper names may become lowercase when
they should be uppercase.
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