# ALL CAPS - test. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234 "2008-10-09T21:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/1 "2008-10-09T21:32:07Z")
All caps. I want to sometimes type in all-caps. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/2 "2008-10-09T21:33:44Z")
Well, I guess I can in the edit field. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/3 "2008-10-10T00:57:43Z")
But why? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/4 "2008-10-10T01:00:03Z")
> [@Governor\_Quinn](#): > > But why? Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/5 "2008-10-10T01:01:36Z")
It’s a standard feature of vBulletin nowadays. I think it only works on the first line/paragraph though. ALL CAPS See, just make the first line “a” or something and then continue your rant/emphasis (or would that be unscrupulous “filter” dodging?) It could be worth it to have an AC (allcaps) tag or font. You can see what the font looks like [here](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlekt6mtovm4vne?from=Main.INSPACE). (Scroll down a tad, whenever they say “in space” or something in the examples it’s in allcaps). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/6 "2008-10-10T01:17:46Z")
I’m so confused. I don’t want to type in all-caps often, but every so often you need to add emphasis to a post. You can click on italics, but if someone quotes you the whole thing is italicized so why bother? You can all-cap a word to show emphasis, but that is apparently ixnayed. Often I asterix something like, “oh, _you_ don’t know what you’re saying!” If the board is going to correct my all-caps, it ought to go ahead and correct my spelling too, rite? Okay. Let’s go: a TYPING IN ALL CAPS! Back to normal. Alrighty then. How do I get rid of that “a?” ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/7 "2008-10-10T01:20:10Z")
Himm i wonder if this will work No it stripped the alt-255 from the beginning and lowercased it ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/8 "2008-10-10T01:21:28Z")
> [@](#): > will this work??? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/9 "2008-10-10T01:48:24Z")
aHOW’S THIS?? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/10 "2008-10-10T02:14:57Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > aHOW’S THIS?? Cheater… > [@levdrakon](#): > > I’m so confused. > > I don’t want to type in all-caps often, but every so often you need to add emphasis to a post. You can click on italics, but if someone quotes you the whole thing is italicized so why bother? You can all-cap a word to show emphasis, but that is apparently ixnayed. Often I asterix something like, “oh, _you_ don’t know what you’re saying!” > > If the board is going to correct my all-caps, it ought to go ahead and correct my spelling too, rite? > > Okay. Let’s go: > > a TYPING IN ALL CAPS! > > Back to normal. > > Alrighty then. How do I get rid of that “a?” You don’t need to have the “a” if it’s not the first line of your post (not including quotes). IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN. Edit: :smack: how did I forget that I posted in this thread not a few seconds ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/11 "2008-10-10T02:16:01Z")
_whistles innocently_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/12 "2008-10-10T14:37:02Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > aHOW’S THIS?? That was going to be my suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/13 "2008-10-10T15:40:55Z")
I’M SHOUTING!aTHIS IS FUN! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/14 "2008-10-10T15:45:57Z")
Let’s try again. NOW I’M SHOUTING. Okay, so the first thing you type can’t be all-caps, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/15 "2008-10-10T17:14:41Z")
SURE IT CAN. YOU CAN TYPE IN ALL CAPS AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, SOMEWHERE IN YOUR POST, AT LEAST ONE LOWER-CASE LETTER. THE CAPS CHANGE SCRIPT IS TRIGGERED WHEN NO LOWER-CASE LETTERS ARE FOUND. INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE, AND THAT SCRIPT IS ESCAPED. LIKE THIs. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-test/467234/16 "2008-10-10T17:51:56Z")
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