[Ham-Computers] RE: Is there a hotkey or utility that willchangecase?

Fri Feb 23 15:06:41 EST 2007

Dan,

Does this also work with Word Pad?

Being before DOS (Disk Operating System) when every maker had their own 
BASIC (Beginners Alphabetic Symbolic Instructional Code?) I still prefer a 
DOS based word processing program. Personally, Professional Write version 
2.22 is my choice. (This is the last DOS version they released.) The 
functions are easy to remember, very easy to execute - generally one key 
stroke using a CTRL+, super efficient and having most features anyone could 
possibly want. I am a published author, so my demands on it are heavy and 
cover a broad scope of functionalities. I find it easier to use and more 
efficient than any Windows based word processing program I have yet tried.

Granted, since I am totally blind, I have less need for graphic inserts and 
so forth. However, the name is "word processer" and that applies to the 
handeling of text, not graphics! I realize that the times have changed, I 
used a Smith Corona electric portable to type my various weekly essay items 
for my college classes, nowadays computers all but draft the original paper! 
Then to add insult to ineptness, edit, spell check and correct the grammar. 
I wonder how many of those on this list know how to type, that is, with more 
than one or two fingers, and without looking at the keyboard? (chuckle)

Seems like more and more the world is coming down to color codes, point - 
click - Mr. Mouse and push the button with the graphic of the desired task 
to be executed shown above it.

How long before the porcelin throne has a remote? Heck I just wish I had my 
old throne that flushed all deposits down the sewer on the first try! It may 
have wasted water, but does flushing the throne three times really save 
anything? If they really want to save water, then they should stop watering 
the Astro Turf with those elaborate sprinkler systems! A great visual effect 
with the rainbow colors dancing among the mist and the plastic grass 
glistening from the chemical reaction caused by the introduction of H2O! 
Sorry, remembering the ASCII days does this to me - Anyone remember what 
ASCII stands for?

Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
http://hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Violette" <danki6x at earthlink.net>
To: "'Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
experimenting'" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Ham-Computers] RE: Is there a hotkey or utility that 
willchangecase?

> That's a hard way to do it in WORD.
>
> Just select what you want to change, go to Format, select Change Case, and
> pick all caps (or whatever case you want).
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hsu, Aaron 
> (NBC
> Universal)
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:52 PM
> To: I>Ham-Computers
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] RE: Is there a hotkey or utility that will
> changecase?
>
> You should be able to use the "Find and Replace" functionality in Word to 
> do
> what you're asking.  I don't have Word 97 handy, but in Word 2003 you 
> would
> do the following:
>
> 1.  Hightlight or change the formatting of all the words you want in
> uppercase.  For instance, select all the text you want in uppercase and
> change it to italics or something that isn't used anywhere else in the
> document.
>
> 2.  Click on Edit -> Replace.
>
> 3.  In the "Find what" section, click once in the box, but don't type
> anything.  Then click on the "Format" button at the bottom of the dialogue
> box.  You may need to click on the "more" button first to open the
> additional options of the dialogue box.
>
> 4.  After you've clicked on "Format", select "Font".  In the dialogue box
> that comes up, select the font style "italics" (or whatever formatting you
> chose earlier to hightlight the text).  Make sure not to click anything
> else, then click OK.  The "Find and Replace" dialogue should now show that
> you want to find text that's in italics.
>
> 5.  Now click once in the "Replace with" box and click on the "Format"
> button.
>
> 6.  In the "Format" dialogue box, click on the "All Caps" checkbox, then
> click OK.  The "Find and Replace dialogue should now show that you want to
> replace italicized text with "all caps".
>
> 7.  Click on the "Find next" button to see if it finds italicized text. 
> If
> so, then click "replace" to see if it's replaced with all caps text.
>
> 8.  If step 7 worked, then click on "replace all" to repeat the formatting
> change throughout the document.  If step 7 didn't work, check the "find" 
> or
> "replace" formatting to see where the problem lies.
>
>
> GL & 73,
>
>  - Aaron, NN6O
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Philip KO6BB
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:15 PM
> To: Computers Ham
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Is there a hotkey or utility that will change 
> case?
>
> Hi All,
>
> When I edit "cheat sheets" for my music, I like to print everything in
> large, bold, upper case fonts for easy visibility.  Most of the text files
> that I get that have the words/chords to songs are usually written
> "normally, that is, with normal capitalization.
>
> Is there some "hot-key" or command that I can use to change the "case" of
> all highlighted text.  The program I normally use for editing text files 
> is
> Notepad, but I also have Wordpad and Office 97 on the machine.
>
> 73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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