Automatic Capitalization

Enabling Automatic Capitalization under Automatic Capitalization Options allows Instant Text to automatically capitalize the first letter after a period, a question mark, an exclamation mark, and optionally after enter, tabs and colons.

Capitalization after Expansion

Capitalization after an expansion is dictated by the last character of the expansion.

Last Character	Capitalization takes place?
Period Question mark Exclamation mark	Yes
Enter Tab Colon	as specified under Automatic Capitalization Options
Any other character	No

Capitalizing Expansions

Typing the abbreviation with a specific case enables you to convey the case you want for the expansion.

If the abbreviation is capitalized, Instant Text will also capitalize the expansion.
If the abbreviation is all uppercase, Instant Text will also produce the expansion all uppercase.

Abbreviation	Expanded into
aaq	answer any question
Aaq	Answer any question
RGY	RADIOLOGY

Unwanted Capitalization

In case Automatic Capitalization is unwanted, you may either avoid it by temporarily toggling it off, and then back on again, or you may reset the typing context before the capitalization takes place.

Inhibit Capitalization after an Expansion

You can inhibit Automatic Capitalization after an expansion, with a No Capitalization After Expansion directive.

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Typing Acronyms