Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 87142
Need addition on Format > Change Case > Initial Capitals
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:32:16 UTC
Currently the only Case Change options are UPPERCASE and lowercase. We need two added functions (at least one) for 1)Initial Capitals and 2)Capitalize sentence.
Initial capitals is currently covered by Format.Character dialog, tab "Font Effects". There select the effect "Title". Reassigned to requirements.
Why wouldn't the Title Case be added to Change Case rather than or in addition to the hidden location.
Also need addition of "Title Case" that actually uses REAL TITLE RULES (not like Word, where Title Case is really First Letter Capital Case). Title Case needs to not capitalize a, an, the, of, . . . unless at the beginning or end.
This needs to also be added to Calc as it also needs a change case for UPPERCASE, lowercase, Initial Capitals (or Title), Sentence capitalization.
Regarding the needed feature being in the Format - Character dialog, the way that works is NOT helpful at all. The underlying text remains as you typed it, but the effect is implemented to change what you see. If you have a word in the Title text area that you DON'T want to be capitalized there is no way to get rid of the capital once you have the "effect" set to "Title" (other than select that specific word and turn the "effect" off). That's a BIG problem when there are no rules used other than to capitalize the first letter of every single word. If you are going to go through all the trouble of having to reselect and then change "effect" (rather than just re-type something badly named as "Title Effect") you might as well just go through and capitalize the specific words you want to begin with. The object is to have features that save time and effort.