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public:nnels:etext:capitalization [2019/07/15 13:53]
rachel.osolen |
public:nnels:etext:capitalization [2020/04/21 10:23]
rachel.osolen [Capitalization] |
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| Headings are an exception. All uppercase words in headings tend to be read as words, but if you want to change it, use //capitalize each word// or //Title Case//. | Headings are an exception. All uppercase words in headings tend to be read as words, but if you want to change it, use //capitalize each word// or //Title Case//. |
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| In one unusual case, an author capitalized each word as a stylistic choice (e.g., "Once when I answered that Emily Dickinson capitalised, Mrs Quinty told me Emily Dickinson was not A Good Example, that she was a Peculiar Case, and the way she said it you knew she regretted it right away..."). In a situation like this, leave the text as-is. | |
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| [[https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Change-the-capitalization-of-text-9E3A6B90-5AA4-4FE9-85DA-2852605C57AF|Change capitalization in Word]] | [[https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Change-the-capitalization-of-text-9E3A6B90-5AA4-4FE9-85DA-2852605C57AF|Change capitalization in Word]] |
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| <note>Hastags, and other phrases that use all caps can be changed to Camel Case. This will retain the string of words effect visually, but allow the assisted reader to read each word separately. Bonus, it also makes it easier sighter, or partially sighted, readers to understand the phrase. | <note>If the author uses capitalization of individual words within a sentence as a stylistic choice, then we keep it (Think Emily Dickinson Poems.) Remember, we are not editors, just reformatting for accessibility purposes.</note> |
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| | <note>#Hashtags, and other phrases that use all caps can be changed to Camel Case. This will retain the string-of-words effect visually, but allow the assisted reader to read each word separately. Bonus, it also makes it easier for sighted, or partially sighted, readers to understand the phrase.</note> |
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| | <WRAP center round box 80%> |
| | **Example:** |
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| | #thisisanexample should be changed to #ThisIsAnExample |
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| For example: #thisisanexample should be changed to #ThisIsAnExample | -- |
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| Another example: PHRASEINALLCAPSWITHNOSPACES should be changed to PhraseInAllCapsWithNoSpaces </note> | PHRASEINALLCAPSWITHNOSPACES should be changed to PhraseInAllCapsWithNoSpaces |
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| ==== Q & A ==== | ==== Q & A ==== |
