Instantly convert any text to proper Title Case. Capitalizes major words and keeps articles, conjunctions and prepositions lowercase. Follows AP, APA, and Chicago style rules. Free and private.
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Title Case is the professional capitalization standard across publishing, academia, media, and business. Here is when it is required or expected.
Title case is the professional standard for article headlines and blog post titles across all major publications and editorial style guides worldwide.
All published books, films, TV shows, albums, and podcasts use title case for their official titles — the universal standard in publishing and media.
APA, MLA, and Chicago style all require title case for paper titles and section headings — essential for students, researchers, and academic writers.
E-commerce listings, product descriptions, and category names use title case for professional, consistent naming across catalogs and storefronts.
Slide titles and section headers in business presentations use title case for a polished, professional appearance that matches corporate style guides.
Search engine result page titles follow title case conventions, helping pages appear more professional and increasing click-through rates from search results.
Understanding which words to capitalize in a title is essential for professional writing. Here are the standard rules this converter follows.
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and the first and last word of any title — regardless of what part of speech they are.
Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor), and short prepositions (in, of, on, at, by, to) — unless first or last word.
The first and last word of every title is always capitalized, even if it is normally a small word like "the", "a", "in", or "and".
Title Case capitalizes the first letter of major words in a title or headline while keeping small words like articles (a, an, the), short prepositions (in, of, on, at, by), and coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor) in lowercase — unless they are the first or last word of the title.
Articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet), and short prepositions (at, by, in, of, on, to, up, as) are kept lowercase unless they are the first or last word of the title.
Title Case follows grammatical rules and skips small words: "The Fox Jumps Over the Fence". Capitalize Each Word capitalizes literally every word without exception: "The Fox Jumps Over The Fence". Use Title Case for published headlines; Capitalize Each Word for contact lists and data tables.
AP Stylebook, APA Style, Chicago Manual of Style, and MLA Handbook all recommend title case for headlines and titles. They differ slightly on edge cases, but this tool follows the most widely accepted standard rules used across all major guides.
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Use Title Case for article headlines, blog post titles, book titles, movie names, product names, course titles, and report headings. It is the professional standard for published content across media, academia, and business.
The small-word skip rules are English-specific. For non-English text, all words will be capitalized since the exception list only contains common English articles, conjunctions, and prepositions.
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