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    Why can't I just highlight text, press Caps Lock, and...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Baloney, Jun 29, 2012.

  1. Baloney

    Baloney Notebook Evangelist

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    ... make that text upper case (or vice versa)? Seems so simple and yet I've searched high and low for a software that can do this and haven't found anything for Windows or OS X.

    Personally, I think this should be an OS feature that should have been invented by now.

    Does anyone know about anything that can do this?
     
    Baloney, Jun 29, 2012
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  2. TreeTops Ranch

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    Very easily done in Word. (Shift+F3)
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Jun 29, 2012
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    That's awesome. I'd never heard of that before. Beats doing it one character at a time in VI.
     
    Apollo13, Jun 29, 2012
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  4. Baloney

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    Oh, I didn't know that, thanks. But what about for browsers or a universal software for all text?
     
    Baloney, Jun 30, 2012
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    Browsers aren't word processors you know. If you want a browser to do all a word processor does it will be too bloated with code so I wouldn't even want to ask for that feature.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Jun 30, 2012
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    Agreed it should be an OS feature, and I honestly don't know why it isn't. Perhaps you should go file a software patent on it, those seem to be all the rage right now.
     
    Syberia, Jun 30, 2012
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  7. preview

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    It's built into many OS X applications (including Safari, TextEdit and Mail). Look for Transformations in the Edit menu.

    Any good text editor will also have support for this. My new personal favorite is the $60 editor called Sublime Text. It's crazy good and available for OS X, Windows and Linux.
     
    preview, Jul 4, 2012
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    I haven't signed in here for ages but had to sign in tonight to give you +1 for this.
    Nice 1 sir........Plus 1 sir ;)
     
    perrin_aybara, Jul 4, 2012
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