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HI,
I saw a function created by Paul Edstein / macropod few years ago which I cannot make it to work in my case. What I need: if an word is containing any capital letter then that word to start with a Capital letter. If the word is written in lowercases had to be left as it is ThIs TeXT has to bE transformed wITh CaPITAL LETTERS into This Text has to Be transformed With Capital Letters I spent all day long but I could not find proper solution ![]() Code:
Function ProperCase(StrTxt As String, Optional Caps As Long, Optional Excl As Long) As String
'Convert an input string to proper-case.
'Surnames like O', Mc and hyphenated names are converted to proper case also.
'If Caps = 0, then upper-case strings like ABC are preserved; otherwise they're converted.
'If Excl = 0, selected words are retained as lower-case, except when they follow specified punctuation marks.
Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long, l As Long, bChngFlg As Boolean
Dim StrTmpA As String, StrTmpB As String, StrExcl As String, StrPunct As String, StrChr As String
StrExcl = " a , an , and , as , at , but , by , for , from , if , in , is , of , on , or , the , this , to , with "
StrPunct = "!,:,.,?,"""
If Excl <> 0 Then
StrExcl = ""
StrPunct = ""
End If
If Len(Trim(StrTxt)) = 0 Then
ProperCase = StrTxt
Exit Function
End If
If Caps <> 0 Then StrTxt = LCase(StrTxt)
StrTxt = " " & StrTxt & " "
For i = 1 To UBound(Split(StrTxt, " "))
StrTmpA = " " & Split(StrTxt, " ")(i) & " "
StrTmpB = UCase(Left(StrTmpA, 2)) & Right(StrTmpA, Len(StrTmpA) - 2)
StrTxt = Replace(StrTxt, StrTmpA, StrTmpB)
Next i
StrTxt = Trim(StrTxt)
'Code for handling O' names
For i = 1 To UBound(Split(StrTxt, "'"))
' If InStr(Right(Split(StrTxt, "'")(i - 1), 2), " ") = 1 Then
If InStr(Right(Split(StrTxt, "'")(i - 1), 2), " ") = 1 Or _
Right(Split(StrTxt, "'")(i - 1), 2) = Right(Split(StrTxt, "'")(i - 1), 1) Then
StrTmpA = Split(StrTxt, "'")(i)
StrTmpB = UCase(Left(StrTmpA, 1)) & Right(StrTmpA, Len(StrTmpA) - 1)
StrTxt = Replace(StrTxt, StrTmpA, StrTmpB)
End If
Next
'Code for handling hyphenated names
For i = 1 To UBound(Split(StrTxt, "-"))
StrTmpA = Split(StrTxt, "-")(i)
StrTmpB = UCase(Left(StrTmpA, 1)) & Right(StrTmpA, Len(StrTmpA) - 1)
StrTxt = Replace(StrTxt, StrTmpA, StrTmpB)
Next
'Code for handling names starting with Mc
If Left(StrTxt, 2) = "Mc" Then
Mid(StrTxt, 3, 1) = UCase(Mid(StrTxt, 3, 1))
End If
i = InStr(StrTxt, " Mc")
If i > 0 Then
Mid(StrTxt, i + 3, 1) = UCase(Mid(StrTxt, i + 3, 1))
End If
'Code for handling names starting with Mac
If Left(StrTxt, 3) = "Mac" Then
If Len(Split(Trim(StrTxt), " ")(0)) > 5 Then
Mid(StrTxt, 4, 1) = UCase(Mid(StrTxt, 4, 1))
End If
End If
i = InStr(StrTxt, " Mac")
If i > 0 Then
If Len(StrTxt) > i + 5 Then
Mid(StrTxt, i + 4, 1) = UCase(Mid(StrTxt, i + 4, 1))
End If
End If
'Code to restore excluded words to lower case
For i = 0 To UBound(Split(StrExcl, ","))
StrTmpA = Split(StrExcl, ",")(i)
StrTmpB = UCase(Left(StrTmpA, 2)) & Right(StrTmpA, Len(StrTmpA) - 2)
If InStr(StrTxt, StrTmpB) > 0 Then
StrTxt = Replace(StrTxt, StrTmpB, StrTmpA)
'Make sure an excluded words following punctution marks are given proper case anyway
For j = 0 To UBound(Split(StrPunct, ","))
StrChr = Split(StrPunct, ",")(j)
StrTxt = Replace(StrTxt, StrChr & StrTmpA, StrChr & StrTmpB)
Next
End If
Next
ProperCase = StrTxt
End Function
Last edited by macropod; 05-08-2016 at 04:03 PM. Reason: Added code tags & formatting |
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The function you posted appears to be an edited variant of code I've posted in threads such as:
https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/24807-how-do-i-convert-line-text-title.html https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...html#post55885 It is not deigned to do as you say you want it to and wouldn't even do as it's supposed to with your modifications. For what you say you want, you could use a macro like: Code:
Sub Reformat()
Dim i As Long, StrChr As String, StrTmp As String
With Selection
For i = 1 To .Words.Count
StrChr = Left(.Words(i), 1)
If StrChr = LCase(StrChr) Then
StrTmp = StrTmp & LCase(.Words(i))
Else
StrTmp = StrTmp & StrChr & LCase(Mid(.Words(i), 2, Len(.Words(i)) - 1))
End If
Next
.Text = StrTmp
End With
End Sub
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Cheers, Paul Edstein [Fmr MS MVP - Word] |
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thank you.
ok, I will use # ... now this started to give me some results. my text: thIs TeXT has to bE transformed wITh CaPITAL LETTERS became: this Text has to be transformed with Capital Letters and it should be: This Text has to Be transformed With Capital Letters This, Be and With are not having the Capital letter. |
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How do you expect the macro to know when a word that begins with a lower-case letter should actually start with an upper-case letter???
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Cheers, Paul Edstein [Fmr MS MVP - Word] |
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That was the problem I could not solve: one way theoretically could be that it checks first if the word is lowercase and if yes it skips it. If there are some capital letters in it then it should put it with capital letter. This is the rule I need but I do not know how to do it.
thank you for your patience with me ![]() this function I guess it does check if the word is lowercase? Code:
Function AllLowerCase(stringToCheck As String) As Boolean
AllLowerCase = StrComp(stringToCheck, LCase(stringToCheck), _
vbBinaryCompare) = 0
End Function
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In that case, try:
Code:
Sub Reformat()
Dim i As Long, StrTmp As String
With Selection
For i = 1 To .Words.Count
If .Words(i) = LCase(.Words(i)) Then
StrTmp = StrTmp & .Words(i)
Else
StrTmp = StrTmp & UCase(Left(.Words(i), 1)) & LCase(Mid(.Words(i), 2, Len(.Words(i)) - 1))
End If
Next
.Text = StrTmp
End With
End Sub
__________________
Cheers, Paul Edstein [Fmr MS MVP - Word] |
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That is doing the right thing! Thank you Paul. After spending days trying to figure out I can go further with my project. That text I have to insert in a different program that has to have the words configured like that....
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