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Title case

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Title case capitalizes a pasted text's words to one of five styles: AP, Chicago, APA, MLA or sentence case. AP and APA lowercase minor words of three letters or fewer, while Chicago and MLA lowercase a longer list that includes through. The first and last word of every line are capitalized. It runs line by line, not sentence by sentence.

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What is the difference between the AP and Chicago minor-word lists?

Both draw from one shared list of minor words such as a, the, and and of. AP and APA keep it short: only entries of three letters or less get lowercased. Chicago and MLA use the entire list instead, which pulls in longer words like through and toward.

Are the first and last words of a line always capitalized?

Yes, regardless of whether they are on the minor-word list, in every style except sentence case. That rule follows every major style guide the tool implements.

How does sentence case work?

It capitalizes only the first letter it finds on each line and lowercases the rest of that line, with no other rules about which words to capitalize.

Does it treat each line of my text separately?

Yes. The text is split on line breaks and each line is title-cased independently, so a sentence that wraps across two lines is treated as two separate title-cased fragments rather than one continuous sentence.

Does capitalization apply to hyphenated words?

Yes. A hyphenated word like well-known has each part after a hyphen capitalized on its own, so it becomes Well-Known rather than Well-known.

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