Permanently convert case?
Posted: 2015-06-12 10:00:59
I know i can go to Edit, Convert, and then select ToUppercase, ToLowercase, ToCapitalized, etc, which applies the requisite case-conversion attribute to the text i've selected.
But what i want to do is make that change permanent, so i can then edit it. Is there a way to do that?
For instance, I have a text, "SHERMAN'S QUESTION IS ANSWERED BY THE DATA PROVIDED BY COMBRINK AND OTHERS". I can readily convert this to, "Sherman's Question Is Answered By The Data Provided By Combrink And Others", by the method I just mentioned.
But i don't like the fact that this method leaves articles, prepositions, and conjunctions capitalized. What i want is, "Sherman's Question Is Answered by the Data Provided by Combrink and Others". But since the change to UC/LC/CC is only an attribute, i have to turn it off for each word i don't want it to apply to, and then retype the word. Might as well retype the whole piece of text, especially if i have any idea that i may need the text somewhere else where Nisus attributes are stripped from the text when i paste— because then it will appear in all caps again, without the case-conversion attribute.
But if i could make the case-conversion permanent, then i could go back and change just those capitals i don't want.
(25 years ago, WordPerfect, by the way, used to convert to capitalized WITHOUT capitalizing articles, prepositions, and conjunctions— it ought to be an option here!)
But at least, how do i convert the case permanently?
John b.
But what i want to do is make that change permanent, so i can then edit it. Is there a way to do that?
For instance, I have a text, "SHERMAN'S QUESTION IS ANSWERED BY THE DATA PROVIDED BY COMBRINK AND OTHERS". I can readily convert this to, "Sherman's Question Is Answered By The Data Provided By Combrink And Others", by the method I just mentioned.
But i don't like the fact that this method leaves articles, prepositions, and conjunctions capitalized. What i want is, "Sherman's Question Is Answered by the Data Provided by Combrink and Others". But since the change to UC/LC/CC is only an attribute, i have to turn it off for each word i don't want it to apply to, and then retype the word. Might as well retype the whole piece of text, especially if i have any idea that i may need the text somewhere else where Nisus attributes are stripped from the text when i paste— because then it will appear in all caps again, without the case-conversion attribute.
But if i could make the case-conversion permanent, then i could go back and change just those capitals i don't want.
(25 years ago, WordPerfect, by the way, used to convert to capitalized WITHOUT capitalizing articles, prepositions, and conjunctions— it ought to be an option here!)
But at least, how do i convert the case permanently?
John b.