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Title Case Converter

Format headlines the way publishers do: main words capitalized, short words such as a, and, of and the kept in lowercase.

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Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl/⌘+B to copy • Ctrl/⌘+S to download • Ctrl/⌘+Backspace to clear

What is title case?

Title case is the capitalization style used for titles in English. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs start with a capital letter. Articles, short conjunctions and short prepositions stay lowercase, except when they are the first or last word of the title.

Example

Before

the lord of the rings: the return of the king

After

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

When to use title case

Use it for titles of articles, blog posts, books, songs, videos, presentations and email subject lines in English. Other languages such as French, Spanish and Portuguese usually capitalize only the first word of a title, which is what Sentence case does.

How to convert text to Title Case

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    Paste or type your text in the box above. Pasted text is converted to Title Case automatically.

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    Need another format? Click any button to switch, as many times as you like.

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    Copy the result with the Copy button (Ctrl/⌘+B) or download it as a .txt file (Ctrl/⌘+S).

Frequently Asked Questions

Articles (a, an, the), short conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, so, yet) and short prepositions (at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up, with…), unless they start or end the title.

It follows the rule shared by most styles: capitalize main words and lowercase short function words. Styles differ on details, such as prepositions of four letters or more, so check your style guide for those edge cases.

Capitalized case puts a capital on every word, including a, of and the. Title case keeps those short words in lowercase.

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