Proper case option

**bkjohns** · 18 September 2018, 09:20 PM

Apologies if already requested (search didn't find it specifically): Under the Change Case option, could you please add a 'Proper' option that would capitalize each word, like names, titles of books/films, etc? Most programs seem to offer this so it should be easy to do.
Thanks

**gwpriester** · 18 September 2018, 11:22 PM

+1 I have never heard this term before but it is an excellent idea.

**bkjohns** · 18 September 2018, 11:57 PM

Comes from way back, but is still found in Excel. I always thought it was a useful option.

**ss-kalm** · 19 September 2018, 12:32 AM

I think what your referring to is also called "Title Case". In my opinion that would be a great addition.

**mwenz** · 19 September 2018, 05:59 AM

Proper casing is hard to do. And there are a few different standards at play. Words in a string consisting of and, the, and others shouldn't be in caps, for instance in most English casing situations. But other languages vary.

But the common casing of other applications would be a good start.

**Rob-Xar** · 19 September 2018, 03:32 PM

Hi bkjohns,

This option (labelled Initial Case) will be available in the next version (V16) when it comes out very soon.

Thanks
Rob

**Acorn** · 19 September 2018, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by Rob-Xar

Hi bkjohns,
This option (labelled Initial Case) will be available in the next version (V16) when it comes out very soon.

Thanks Rob

Rob, so Xara is jumping from v15.1 to v16.0?

Will the transition be better than v12. to v15?

Acorn

**Rob-Xar** · 19 September 2018, 04:16 PM

Yes, next version will be V16.

V16 will require a new installer as with version 12 > 15 unfortunately.

**bkjohns** · 19 September 2018, 09:16 PM

Thanks for the info Rob. Care to tease us more with a definition of very soon?

**bkjohns** · 19 September 2018, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by mwenz

Proper casing is hard to do. And there are a few different standards at play. Words in a string consisting of and, the, and others shouldn't be in caps, for instance in most English casing situations. But other languages vary.

But the common casing of other applications would be a good start.

Agreed - some issues still remain in the latest version of Excel - so you just have to work around them, but overall I find it quicker than changing every letter in every word to upper or lower case and then editing to fit my needs one letter at a time. Maybe someday someone will figure out the programming to make it adjust to real life.