How to capitalize in Word

Making the "is" capitalized through Word functionality

How to capitalize in Word

If you want to type the character è capitalized on Microsoft Word, you can use all the features you find within this software. In the next few lines, I'll list all the ones you can use to achieve your goal.

First, you can use the function Upper / lower case, using the appropriate button on the card Home of Word. How? Can I explain it to you right away? After highlighting the character è, click on the button that I have just indicated and, in the menu that is shown to you, choose the item All uppercase.



It was used Word to MacOS, this feature can also be reached from the menu bar at the top, through the items Size > Upper / lower case. In the panel you see, then choose the option All uppercase, then press the button OK And that's it.

How to capitalize in Word

This feature can also be activated via the hotkey combination Shift + F3 o Shift + F3, both on Windows and on macOS, taking care, also in this case, to highlight the character first è, to make it uppercase.

Alternatively, you can use the panel Character of Word. What you need to do is highlight the character è, then right-click on it. In the context menu, then select the item Character, in order to open the appropriate panel. In the information you see, check the box All uppercaseIn section Effects of the card Character, and press the button OK to confirm.


How to capitalize in Word

Another simple and effective way to capitalize "is" is to place the punctuation mark Fixed point (i.e. the classic dot), followed by one space, at the point where you want to type the character "IS". You should know, in fact, that Word automatically capitalizes the characters that are typed after the period.


How to capitalize in Word

Finally, to enter the Capital "E" with grave accent or with other types of accents, you can use the panel Symbols Word: to reach the latter, click on the tab Inserisci, located at the top, and press the icon Symbols. In the small box that is shown to you, then choose the option Other symbols (your Windows) oppure cheats Advanced symbol (your macOS).

Within the screen you see, via the tab Symbols, you can browse the countless fonts present in Word, divided for each font: when you have identified the Capital "E" with the accent you are looking for, double-click it to insert it into your text, or just press the key Inserisci.

How to capitalize in Word

If you use this font often, you can also set one keyboard shortcut, selecting the character and pressing the button Shortcuts on Windows or Keyboard shortcut on macOS. Alternatively, you can simply perform the pre-recorded combination next to this key (only for Windows), which I will list below.

  • Capital E with acute accent ("IT'S"): Ctrl+‘ (apostrophe) followed by Shift + E.
  • Capital E with grave accent ("IS"): Alt + 0200.
  • Capital E with circumflex ("Ê"): Ctrl+^ (circumflex) followed by Shift + E.
  • Capital E with umlaut ("E"): Ctrl+: (colon) followed by Shift + E.

Capitalize "is" in Word via ASCII / Unicode code

How to capitalize in Word


Another easy way to quickly type a special character into Word, such as the Capital "E" accented, is to resort to codes ASCII o Unicode. Haven't you ever heard of it? They are systems that allow characters to be encoded by assigning a code. This means that when you type on the keyboard one of the codes that I will show you, the operating system will automatically convert it visually into the corresponding character.


As for the codes ASCII, its Windows you can type them easily by holding down the key Other and using the numeric keypad to type the code corresponding to the character of your interest. As soon as you release the button Other, the character will be displayed on the screen. Here are some accented characters you can use in Word.

  • Capital E with acute accent ("IT'S"): Alt + 144.
  • Capital E with grave accent ("IS"): Alt + 212.
  • Capital E with circumflex ("Ê"): Alt + 210.
  • Capital E with umlaut ("E"): Alt + 211.

It was used MacOSinstead, I recommend that you use the code Unicode. To use this code, however, you will first need to enable the keyboard with typing support of this system. Don't worry, it's nothing difficult.

First, click on thebitten apple icon, which you find in the upper left corner of the screen, in the menu bar. At this point, select the item System preference from the proposed menu and press the icon Keyboard.


In the panel that is shown to you, select the tab Input sources and press the icon + in the lower left corner. Then scroll through the list on the left, locate the item More and highlights Unicode hexadecimal input from the right area, then pressing on Add.

Well: now you just have to enable this new input, using theflag icon that you find at the top right, on the menu bar. In the box that appears, choose the option Unicode hexadecimal input, to change the keyboard input.

Now, all you have to do is hold the key down alt followed by the codes that I will list below.


  • Capital E with acute accent ("IT'S"): alt + 00C8.
  • Capital E with grave accent ("IS"): alt + 00C9.
  • Capital E with circumflex: ("Ê"): alt + 00CA.
  • Capital E with umlaut ("E"): Alt + 00CB.

Capitalize "is" in Word via Copy and Paste

How to capitalize in Word

An alternative method you can use is to do copy and paste of the character "is" uppercase, copying them directly from below.

  • Capital E with acute accent: É.
  • Capital E with grave accent: È.
  • Capital E with circumflex: Ê.
  • Capital E with umlaut: Ë.

Going into more detail, all you have to do is highlight one of the characters above and press the key combinations Ctrl + C (on Windows) or cmd + c (on MacOS), in order to copy the character. Alternatively, after highlighting the character, right-click on it and select the item Copy give the menu answer.

Once this is done, go back up Word and press key combinations Ctrl + V (on Windows) or cmd + v (on MacOS), in order to paste the character. Alternatively, right-click where you want to add the character and select the entry Paste give the menu answer.

Capitalize Word on the Fonts panel

How to capitalize in Word

In operating systems Windows e MacOS a panel is available to view all system fonts and insert them into any text box, document and program, including Word.

Su Windows, the panel in question is named Character map and is easily accessible via the menu Home. Quindi il tasto award Windows on the keyboard or click thewindows icon at the bottom left of the screen, click on the item Windows Accessories and selects the Character map give the menu check if you press.

What you have to do now is scroll through the countless characters and symbols available until you find the one of Capital "E" accented. Generally speaking, you can use key combinations to write this character in Word or any text document, which I will list below.

  • Capital E with acute accent ("IT'S"): Alt + 0201.
  • Capital E with grave accent ("IS"): Alt + 0200.
  • Capital E with circumflex: ("Ê"): Alt + 0202.
  • Capital E with umlaut ("E"): Alt + 0203.

Su MacOSinstead, you have to use the panel Character viewer which you can open via the key combination ctrl + cmd + space bar or by pressing on the items Edit> Emojis and Symbols in the top menu bar.

How to capitalize in Word

After opening the macOS Character Viewer, tap on thewindow icon, which is located in the upper right corner of its screen, in order to extend the view. In the sidebar, then select the item Latino and identify the section Accented Latin characters. Search, therefore, the character Capital "E" accented and double-click on it to insert it into the text.

Alternatively, you can simply press alt + shift + e to do the Capital E with grave accent or alt + shift + v to the one with acute accent. Or, in an even simpler way, hold the keys down shift+E and hold down until you see a screen at the top with all accented characters. Then press the number corresponding to the character to enter it.

Capitalize "is" in Word via virtual keyboard

How to capitalize in Word

If by necessity you have to use the virtual keyboard of the operating system installed on your computer, you will be happy to know that you can use some tricks to insert the character "E" accented in capital letters in Word.

To open the virtual keyboard on Windows, press the button Home (bottom left) and select the items Windows Accessibility> On-Screen Keyboard from the menu that opens. Once this is done, you can use the key combination Shift + F3, after highlighting the character è, to make it uppercase.

I told you specifically about this method in a previous chapter of the tutorial. I warn you that to display the keys F1-F12 on the virtual keyboard, you must first press the button Fn and then the indicated key combination.

For MacOS, to enable the virtual keyboard, you have to click on thebitten apple icon, located in the upper left corner of the screen, in the menu bar.

Once this is done, you need to select the item System preference from the menu that opens and press the icon Accessibilità. In the panel that is shown to you, select the item Keyboard in the left sidebar and put a check mark in the box Enable Accessible Keyboard, in the tab Keyboard accessible.

How to capitalize in Word

The keyboard that will be shown to you on the screen, unlike Keyboard viewer, allows the use of key combinations, otherwise impossible to perform on the standard virtual keyboard of macOS.

Then click the button first alt, then that shift, so as to display the special characters and then press on "IS" to insert it into Word.

Capitalize Word on smartphones and tablets

How to capitalize in Word

The app was used Microsoft Word for Android or iOS, you can easily add the "is "capitalized in a quick and easy way.

What you need to do, whether you are using the app for Android than that for iOS, you open the virtual keyboard in Word, press the key Shift (the one with the up arrow) and then keep the key pressed E.

By doing so, you will be shown all the related special characters, i.e. the accented ones. Always keeping your finger on the screen, move it to the accented character you want to insert and then release your finger to insert it into the text. Easy, right?

How to capitalize in Word

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