Convert UPPERCASE to lowercase in Pages

FYI:

I had to do the above and did a search in this discussion. I found a few threads from 2009 dealing with this. Most of them recomended downloading "Wordservice" and using it under Pages > Services. I did not have time to try that but I assume it still works.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1953274?start=0&tstart=0

But if you are in a hurry, I discovered a web based solution. I figured I would post it in case someone else runs into the same problem. (I couldn't add it to the original discussions because they are archived).

There is a converter site which allows you to so that easily:

http://www.convertcase.net/

This is in case the basic Format > Font > Capitalization does not work of course.

(I don't know who runs that site and have no affiliation with it but it worked for me.)

Posted on Jan 22, 2012 12:27 PM

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KOENIG Yvan

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Posted on Jan 22, 2012 1:35 PM

Format > Font > Capitalize

Behave flawlessly but it doesn't achieve what is assumed by most users.

It just apply the style "Capitalize" which means that a string will remain stored as Thelonious Monk but will be displayed as THELONIOUS MONK. Same behavior if we trigger Format > Font > lowercase. The stored string remain unchanged but would be displayed as thelonious monk.

WordService as well as the linked webSite really change the stored string.

I ignore this kind of site because, as I am old fashioned, when I create a document I dislike to send it on the net.

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Mar 9, 2012 3:55 PM in response to mikedaniel

I was not aware that TextEdit had that!

You have spiked my curiosity as to what you have done.

Peter

Barry

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Mar 9, 2012 11:30 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Mine too. I don't see "Transformations" in Edit (or any of the other menus) in Text Edit.

Regards,

Barry

Mar 10, 2012 8:16 AM in response to Barry

I'm perplexed that you don't see the menu item. Here is a screen shot from my computer. I'm using Lion. I imagine that could have been an upgrade feature, but I'm not sure.

Barry

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Mar 10, 2012 1:31 PM in response to mikedaniel

Hi Mike,

Thanks. I learned from elsewhere that this menu item/feature was added with the version (1.7?) that ships with Lion. That explains why I (and Peter) haven't seen it.

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Barry

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Mar 10, 2012 6:33 PM in response to Jeff Shenk

That would track the change pretty closely, Jeff. Not present in Text Edit 1.5 (shipped with Leopard) and earlier; present in 1.6.

Thanks,

Barry

Peggy

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Mar 10, 2012 7:28 PM in response to Jeff Shenk

I also have it in TextEdit on Snow Leopard & I, too, never knew about it before this thread.

KOENIG Yvan

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Mar 30, 2012 12:14 AM in response to Joe Sarsero

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 30 mars 2012

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Mar 8, 2014 3:28 PM in response to Baudouin Struye

Old thread, but for the record Pages now includes the transformations menu.

Go to Edit:Transformations:Make Upper Case

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Mar 8, 2014 9:23 PM in response to bendhoward

Today the latest Pages is version 5. Pages 5 has lost over 100 features that Pages 09 (4.x) has. That information has to be given too.

Mar 8, 2014 9:32 PM in response to fruhulda

Ok... But it didn't lose the feature in question...

Feb 20, 2017 6:50 PM in response to petitsuix

petitsuix wrote:

How is your job at Google? Hope all is well..... Pages works beautifully including this Uppercase function. They did not loose functions, just reorganised.

Format > Font > Capitalize

Wrong, misspelt and utter nonsense.

Peter

Feb 20, 2017 3:12 PM in response to mikedaniel

Thank you Mike Daniel, Very useful

Feb 20, 2017 3:14 PM in response to mikedaniel

Thank you Mike Daniel, Very useful

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