Proper Case List Items

The Proper Case List Items tool converts text lists into professionally formatted proper case with intelligent word handling and customizable capitalization rules. This online text case converter transforms lowercase, uppercase, or mixed-case content into proper title case while protecting acronyms, handling articles correctly, and maintaining technical terms. Just paste your list and instantly generate properly capitalized content with smart formatting for headings, titles, and professional documents.

How to Use:

1. Input Your List

• Paste or type your text list into the input box, with each item on a separate line
• Use the Import button to load text files from your computer in various formats
• The tool accepts .txt, .csv, .md, and other plain text file types

2. Configure Basic Settings

• Toggle “Skip empty lines” to exclude blank entries from case conversion
• Enable “Trim whitespace” to clean up extra spaces around list items before processing
• Turn on “Preserve indents” to maintain original spacing and formatting structure
• Activate “Smart acronyms” to automatically preserve common technical and business acronyms

3. Set Word Protection Rules

• Enter “Protected words” that should maintain their exact original case formatting
• Add “Force capitals” for terms that should always appear in uppercase
• Include “Force lowercase” for words that should stay lowercase even in titles

4. Choose Case Style

• Select “Title Case” for standard title formatting with proper article handling
• Pick “Sentence Case” to capitalize only the first word of each line
• Choose “Capitalize Each” to capitalize the first letter of every single word

5. Select Article Handling

• Choose “Standard” for typical title case rules (articles lowercase except at start/end)
• Pick “Strict lowercase” to force all articles and prepositions to lowercase
• Select “Ignore articles” to capitalize all words regardless of article rules

6. Generate and Export

• Click “Convert” to apply your settings and see the proper case output instantly
• Use “Copy” to grab the formatted content for pasting into your project
• Export your results as a text file for professional documentation use

What Proper Case List Items can do:

This Proper Case List Items tool makes it incredibly easy to transform any text into professional, properly formatted content that follows standard capitalization rules. You can take messy, inconsistent text and instantly convert it to polished proper case that looks professional in headings, titles, and formal documents.

The smart acronym detection is brilliant for technical content. Instead of converting “API documentation” to “Api Documentation,” the tool recognizes common acronyms and keeps them properly capitalized. This saves hours of manual correction when working with technical documentation, web content, or business materials.

Article handling follows professional style guides automatically. Words like “and,” “of,” “the,” and “in” get lowercase treatment in the middle of titles, while the first and last words always get capitalized. This creates clean, readable titles that follow publishing standards.

Advanced Word Protection System:

The protected words feature gives you complete control over specific terms that need custom formatting. Brand names, technical terms, or specialized vocabulary can maintain their exact capitalization regardless of the overall case conversion rules.

Force capitals mode ensures important acronyms and abbreviations always appear correctly. Terms like CEO, CTO, HR, and IT automatically get uppercase treatment, maintaining professional appearance in business content and organizational documents.

Force lowercase controls let you specify words that should never be capitalized, even at the beginning of sentences. This is perfect for handling unique brand names, technical terms, or stylistic choices that don’t follow standard capitalization rules.

Professional Formatting Intelligence:

The different case styles adapt to various content needs. Title case works perfectly for headings, article titles, and formal document headers. Sentence case creates clean, readable content for descriptions and casual text. Capitalize each mode handles special situations where every word needs emphasis.

Article mode selection fine-tunes the formatting for different style requirements. Standard mode follows most style guides, keeping short words lowercase in the middle of titles. Strict mode enforces lowercase articles throughout, while ignore mode capitalizes everything for maximum emphasis.

Whether you’re preparing website headings that need professional polish, creating document titles that follow style guide standards, formatting product names and descriptions for consistency, or cleaning up imported content with mixed capitalization, this tool handles the conversion intelligently while preserving important technical terms and brand formatting.

Example:

Before (Inconsistent Case):

welcome to our website
about our company services
contact us for more information
privacy policy and terms of service
user account settings page

After (Title Case):

Welcome to Our Website
About Our Company Services
Contact Us for More Information
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
User Account Settings Page

Proper Case List Items Table:

This table demonstrates different case styles and their effects on various text formatting scenarios and word types.

Common Use Cases:

The Proper Case List Items tool gets regular use for formatting website navigation menus and page titles with consistent professional capitalization, preparing document headings and section titles that follow style guide standards, and cleaning up imported content from databases or spreadsheets with inconsistent case formatting. Content creators use it to standardize blog post titles, article headings, and social media content, while business professionals rely on it for formatting presentation slides, report sections, and professional correspondence. The tool also handles specialized formatting like preparing product catalogs with consistent naming conventions, organizing FAQ sections with proper title formatting, and creating educational materials where clear, properly capitalized headings improve readability and professional appearance.