XL: Sample Macro Code to Change Case of Text

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

This article contains three sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros (Sub procedures) that you can use to change the letters in a text string to all uppercase, all lowercase, or title case (the first letter in each word is capitalized).

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Macro to Change All Text in a Range to Uppercase Letters

   Sub Uppercase()
      ' Loop to cycle through each cell in the specified range.
      For Each x In Range("A1:A5")
         ' Change the text in the range to uppercase letters.
         x.Value = UCase(x.value)
      Next
   End Sub

Macro to change All Text in a Range to Lowercase Letters

   Sub Lowercase()
      ' Loop to cycle through each cell in the specified range.
      For Each x In Range("B1:B5")
         x.Value = LCase(x.Value)
      Next
   End Sub

Macro to Change All Text in a Cell Range to Initial Capital Letters

   Sub Proper_Case()
      ' Loop to cycle through each cell in the specified range.
      For Each x In Range("C1:C5")
         ' There is not a Proper function in Visual Basic for applications.
         ' So, you must use the worksheet function in the following form:
         x.Value = Application.Proper(x.Value)
      Next
   End Sub

Testing the Sample Macros

To test the sample macros, follow these steps:

1. In the same workbook that contains the macros, enter the following sample data into a new worksheet:

         A1: toM         B1: toM        C1: toM
         A2: sUe         B2: sUe        C2: sUe
         A3: joe SMITH   B3: joe SMITH  C3: joe SMITH
         A4: mary        B4: mary       C4: mary
         A5: LORI        B5: LORI       C5: LORI
   
      NOTE: This sample data contains text formatted in various cases that you
      can use to verify how each macro works.
   
   

2. Run each of the macros.

REFERENCES

For more information about changing the case of text in Microsoft Excel, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu and type:

   tell me about changing case of text

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