How to capitalize the first letter after colon in a Word document?
If you need to capitalize the first letters after colons in a Word document, to change them one by one manually will not be a good choice. This article, I will talk about a way to change the first lowercase letter to uppercase letter after the colons as quickly as possible.
Capitalize the first letters after colons with VBA code in a Word document
Capitalize the first letters after colons with VBA code in a Word document
The following VBA code can help you to make all the first letters uppercase after the colons in the whole Word document to capitalize, please do as this:
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code: Capitalize the first letters after colons:
Sub CapitalizeWordAfterColon()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
With Selection.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = ": ([a-z])"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWildcards = True
.MatchAllWordForms = False
With .Replacement.Font
.AllCaps = True
.SmallCaps = False
End With
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
3. Then, press F5 key to run this code, and all the first letters after the colons have been converted to uppercase letters at once, see screenshot:
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