Word · Cycle the case of the selection
Paragraph
Windows · Linux
Shift+F3Mac
Shift+F3Both systems use the same combination.
Cycles the selection through sentence case, lower case and upper case; it rewrites the letters themselves, unlike the all-capitals format, so undoing it means cycling round again.
- Group
- Paragraph
- Keys held
- 2
Press Alt in Word for Windows and every ribbon button shows a letter, so even a command with no combination is reachable as a sequence — Office for Mac has no such key tips.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Cycle the case of the selection in Word?
Cycles the selection through sentence case, lower case and upper case; it rewrites the letters themselves, unlike the all-capitals format, so undoing it means cycling round again. It is Shift+F3 on Windows and Shift+F3 on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, Shift+F3 on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
2 pressed together. The combination sits under Paragraph in Word.