How to change text strings to sentence case in Microsoft Excel?

You may need to change text strings to sentence case in Microsoft Excel. Supposing there are hundreds of text strings in uppercase or lowercase, changing them manually one by one is not a good choice. Are there easy tricks to change text strings to sentence case in Microsoft Excel?

• Change text strings to sentence case in Excel with VBA
• Change text strings to sentence case in Excel with Kutools for Excel

Change text strings to sentence case in Excel with VBA

If you are experienced with Microsoft Excel, using VBA is a good choice to change text strings to sentence case.

Step 1: Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

Step 2: Click Insert > Module, and paste the following macro in the Module window.

Sub SentenceCase()
'Updateby Extendoffice
Dim Rng As Range
Dim WorkRng As Range
On Error Resume Next
xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
Set WorkRng = Application.Selection
Set WorkRng = Application.InputBox("Range", xTitleId, WorkRng.Address, Type:=8)
For Each Rng In WorkRng
    xValue = Rng.Value
    xStart = True
    For i = 1 To VBA.Len(xValue)
        ch = Mid(xValue, i, 1)
        Select Case ch
            Case "."
            xStart = True
            Case "?"
            xStart = True
            Case "a" To "z"
            If xStart Then
                ch = UCase(ch)
                xStart = False
            End If
            Case "A" To "Z"
            If xStart Then
                xStart = False
            Else
                ch = LCase(ch)
            End If
        End Select
        Mid(xValue, i, 1) = ch
    Next
    Rng.Value = xValue
Next
End Sub

Step 3: Press the F5 key to run this macro, then a dialog is popped up on the screen for selecting a range, see screenshot:

Step 4: Click Ok, and you can see the result as shown as below:

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VBA macro may be not easy for starter users of Microsoft Excel. Please do not worry about it. Kutools for Excel's Change Case tool can change all text strings to sentence case in selections quickly.

Step 1: Select the range in which you will change text strings to sentence case.

Step 2: Click the Kutools > Text > Change Case…. See screenshot:

Step 3: In Change Case dialog box, check the Sentence Case. Option, and click OK or Apply button.

Then you will view all kinds of text strings are changed to sentence case in the selection. See the following figure:

Kutools for Excel's Change Case tool can quickly change text case to UPPER, LOWER, PROPER, Sentence Case, and tOGGLE cASE. Click to know more…

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• Change uppercase to proper or title case