Capitalize words automatically doesn't work in Mail.

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Capitalize words automatically doesn't work in Mail.

I have the System Preferences / Keyboard / Text setting enabled to capitalize words automatically. It works generally, but not in the body of a Mail message. (It works in the subject field, and in every other app I've checked.) It works on my wife's MacBook Air (same macOS and Mail versions). I've checked other posts on this issue, and there are only some comments about it possibly being related to one's account. But has anybody found a fix for this? Thanks!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 8:48 PM

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VikingOSX

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Dec 4, 2020 9:07 AM in response to surfski

Before I posted, I tested in Mail for Big Sur 11.0.1 on an M1 mini.

The auto-capitalize did not work in the body text of a compose window — until I enabled check spelling while I type, even though I have the Capitalize words automatically selected in the Keyboard text panel. In the Subject line, there was not auto-capitalize at all until I used WordService. Over the years, I have just got in the habit of using the shift key for the first character of a sentence, so its absence, at least for me, is not disruptive.

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ivan54

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Dec 4, 2020 7:48 AM in response to surfski

Just to be sure, your Mail Preferences are set to check spelling as you type?

ivan

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surfski Author

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Dec 4, 2020 8:01 AM in response to ivan54

Thanks for checking. Yes, it is set to as I type. I can disable the capitalize words setting, and it will immediately stop doing so in a Mail subject line (and in other apps). But enabling doesn't allow it to work in the body of a mail message.

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VikingOSX

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Dec 4, 2020 8:15 AM in response to surfski

Auto-capitalize first word does not work in the Mail compose Subject line as it is not body text. If you want that capability, then you would need WordService from the Mac App Store; enable its Initial Caps of Sentences service; select the Subject content, and apply that service. Works just fine in Big Sur.

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surfski Author

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Dec 4, 2020 8:35 AM in response to VikingOSX

Hey VikingOSX - thanks for the response. Auto-capitalize DOES work in the Mail compose Subject line. And it works in other apps - messages, notes, textedit, etc. The problem I'm experiencing is that it DOES NOT work in the Mail compose body text section. Which is kind of ironic, because it's certainly not very helpful in the (usually quite short) subject line, but would be quite helpful in the (typically lengthy) body text. And for further clarification, it works on my wife's MacBook Air (in the body text of a Mail message).

WordService might be a work-around, but it seems like there is a glitch or bug.

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Capitalize words automatically doesn't work in Mail.

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