How to change uppercase and lowercase text in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word, you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift+F3 to change selected text between uppercase, lowercase, and title case.

Selecting a case

1. Highlight all the text you want to change. To change the case for the whole document, use the Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut to select everything.
2. Hold down Shift and press F3.
3. When you hold Shift and press F3, the text toggles from sentence case (first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase), to all uppercase (all capital letters), and then all lowercase.

If Shift+F3 does not work in Microsoft Word 2007 or later, try the following option instead.

1. In the menu bar, on the Home tab, click the Change Case icon, which has an uppercase 'A' and lowercase 'a.'

2. Select the appropriate option from the list of values. For example, to change to all uppercase letters, select the UPPERCASE option. To change to all lowercase letters, select the lowercase option.

Using the all caps font effect

In addition to the suggestion above, the all caps font effect can give the appearance of uppercase text without changing any capitalization. To do this, follow the following steps.

1. Highlight all the text you want to change. To change the case for the whole document, use the Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut to select everything.
2. Right-click on the selected text and click Font or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+D to open the Font window.
3. In the Font window under the Effects section, check the All caps box.
4. Click OK.