27th September 2000

Coming from the "My Case Is So Sensitive" department, Lockergnomie Brett Taylor works with Word's words. What can you do when someone sends you a document in ALL CAPS? Sure, slapping them upside the head is a start, but the legibility problem still remains. Don't fret, my friend. Throw the text into Microsoft Word and shuffle through a few keyboard shortcuts. Highlight the 'offending' section and press SHIFT+F3 as many times as it takes to complete the case transition. With this routine, you can cycle through: lowercase, UPPERCASE, Sentence case, Title Case, and tOGGLE cASE. Now, what about the font size? Could it be bigger or smaller? No problem, just highlight a section and press CTRL+] (to make it larger) or CTRL+[ (to make it smaller). These last two shortcuts will also work with Outlook / Outlook Express HTML text (in a limited fashion). With a short few strokes, your eyes will be happier. Now, if someone could only create a shortcut to make wives less sensitive...