Learn Legal MS Word: Working With Small Caps

Working With Small Caps By Louis Ellman Certain documents make use of small caps in the following ways: 1) in the letterhead, 2) as a stylistic look of a way to start off each new paragraph by applying small caps to the first word of each paragraph such as the word Whereas, 3) as a look that is used when companies are mentioned throughout the document and in the signatures and on and on. When you have the use of Small Caps throughout a document it is a good idea to assign a character style whose sole function is to Small Cap any text that needs to have Small Caps applied. 1. One thing that occurs often enough is the need to change case when using Small Caps on areas of text that are in Upper Case when Small Caps is applied. 2. When Small Caps is applied to text that is initially in UPPERCASE, there is no apparent change in the text and therefore many an operator will take this as the attempt to apply Small Caps was not successful. 3. It does not make a difference whether it was applied by use of a Character Style or manually highlighting the text when applying Small Caps. 4. In order for the Small Caps to properly take effect, the text that is currently in ALL CAPS needs to be switched over to Initial Caps. The text which had Small Caps applied to it will then immediately take effect and will now reflect the attribute. And of course, in order to do this, just use Change Case under the Home Tab. 5. Change Case. In 2007-16 under the "Home Tab" you will see the "Aa" button towards the left side of the screen. 6. You can cycle through the different aspects of the change case selection by using Shift F3 as well as the Change Case button. One of the very few who train top tier legal... www.advanceto.com Basic - Advanced Legal MS Word Training... MS Merge and Fillable Forms For Those of You That Wish To Bolster Your Resume https://legaltestready.tumblr.com/post/164004399118/ms-word-merge-and-fillable-forms-for-small