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Toolbox for WordPerfect

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 Page updated April 1, 2006

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Make the <Shift> key turn <Caps Lock> off automatically

In WordPerfect:

After typing in ALL CAPS with the Caps Lock key enabled, you might find that the next sentences lOOK sOMETHING lIKE tHIS. In WordPerfect,

  • Click Tools, QuickCorrect, Format-As-You-Go.
  • Enable the Caps Fix checkbox.

In Windows XP:

To set Windows XP computers to work this way in all programs, see the following procedure (from a tip in User-To-User, PC Magazine, February 3, 2004; p. 75).

Note that you can leave WordPerfect's CapFix (above) enabled if you use the Windows XP tip below.

  • Launch Control Panel (Start>Settings>Control Panel).
  • Launch (double click) the Regional and Languages Options applet in the Control Panel.
  • When the Regional and Languages Options dialog appears, click on the Languages tab at the top.
  • Click the Details button to bring up the Text Services and Input Languages dialog,
  • Click the Settings tab.
    • If the Key Settings button at the bottom of the dialog is grayed out (Windows XP requires more than one keyboard definition to make this button active), click the Add button to bring up the Add Input Language dialog; under the Keyboard Layout drop list, choose another keyboard definition (e.g., United States-International) and click OK to add the new definition.
  • Select the keyboard you normally us (e.g., US).
  • Click on Key Settings, and choose the "Press the SHIFT key" option.
  • Click OK until you return to Control Panel.

To toggle Caps Lock off, just press the <Shift> key instead of the <Caps Lock> key. If the next word is supposed to start with a capital letter, just hold the <Shift> key down while typing that letter.

TIP: To keep from accidentally toggling the <Insert> key to typeover mode, see here.