Excel UPPER Function

The Excel UPPER function converts all letters of a given text to uppercase.

Syntax

=UPPER(text)

Argument

Text (Required): The text you want to convert to uppercase.

Return Value

Uppercase text.

Function Note

  • Numbers, special characters and punctuations are not affected by UPPER function;
  • Only the lowercase characters of given text are changed.

Example

Convert all letters of a given text to uppercase in Excel

If you want to convert a list of text strings to uppercase, you can apply the UPPER function as follows.

Select a blank cell, copy the below formula into it and drag the Fill Handle to apply the formula to other cells.
=UPPER(B4)

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