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    Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    This formula should be very often to use, but i cant found it anywhere, so i ask this here




    For example in a1 is :
    mike is playing basketball, he is very great player

    i want to make it in b1 to be uppercase only in first letter so :
    Mike is playing basketball, he is very great player






    i know about proper formula =proper(a1) , but proper formula is make uppercase to all first letter in all words, we just need first letter in first words to be uppercase (and to every first words after dot if it can)
    i like this forum, a lot unique stuff here

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    Re: Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    basketmen,

    If this is in cell A1:
    mike is playing basketball, he is very great player

    In B1 put the following formula:
    =UPPER(LEFT(A1,1))&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)
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    Re: Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    Another alternative:

    =REPLACE(A1,1,1,UPPER(LEFT(A1)))

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    Re: Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    This is interesting, thnx basketmen for asking. How about if you want the results to appear in A1? Is it possible,

    Thank you in advance,

    Samia

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    Re: Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    samia67, Welcome to the Board, however:


    Your post does not comply with Rule 2 of our Forum RULES.
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    Hi,

    Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I have searched everywhere and can't find the answer to my noob question:

    Where do I paste the code =PROPER(A1) in order to capitalize the first letter of all words in a worksheet? And it looks to me like the 'A1' means that I'll only be applying this to cell A1; is there a way I can apply this function to an entire column?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

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    Re: Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    =upper(left(a1,1))&right(a1,len(a1)-1)

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    Red face Make only first letter at first words to be uppercase, other words is lowercase

    For example in a1 is :
    mike is playing basketball, he is very great player

    i want to make it in b1 to be uppercase only in first letter so :
    Mike is playing basketball, he is very great player

    =UPPER(LEFT(A1,1))&LOWER(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1))

    Simply use this code..Cool..
    Last edited by arunmurali; 06-05-2014 at 02:57 AM.

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