# Can I make a post all in caps? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 19, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041 "2016-10-19T17:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/1 "2016-10-19T17:10:44Z")
If I’m replying to a thread and I decide, for whatever reason, (comic effect, perhaps) to type my reply in ‘ALL CAPS’, the board converts it to regular type and I can’t figure out a way round it. It’s annoying as fuck. Is there a way to turn this function off? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/2 "2016-10-19T17:12:36Z")
TYPE A SINGLE LETTER IN LOWERCASE AND SET THE COLOR TO “WHITE”. a ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/3 "2016-10-19T17:12:50Z")
For example, i typed this post in all caps, yet when i go to press ‘submit reply’, the board will automatically convert it to regular case whether i like it or not. This makes me a sad panda. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/4 "2016-10-19T17:13:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > TYPE A SINGLE LETTER IN LOWERCASE AND SET THE COLOR TO “WHITE”. > a NICE ONE! CHEERS 🙂 a ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/5 "2016-10-19T17:31:04Z")
WOW, THIS IS COOL. a ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/6 "2016-10-19T17:32:09Z")
Dangit, I’m bad at this. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/7 "2016-10-19T17:35:13Z")
THIS POST HAS BEEN CAPITALIZED BY THE CAPITALIST. a ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/8 "2016-10-19T17:46:00Z")
ThIs PoSt HaS bEeN sOcIaLiZeD bY tHe…Oh, yOu GeT tHe IdEa. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/9 "2016-10-19T17:56:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > WOW, THIS IS COOL. > > a lCWYDT 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/10 "2016-10-19T17:58:13Z")
YOU CAN ALSO PULL TRlCKS LIKE THIS ONE. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/11 "2016-10-19T17:58:29Z")
l THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/12 "2016-10-19T18:08:37Z")
YUP. l JUST DID IT B4 THE REST OF U GUYZ. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/13 "2016-10-19T18:18:35Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/15 "2016-10-19T19:20:58Z")
I vaguely recall that this is the online equivalent of shouting and thus, bad form. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/16 "2016-10-19T19:25:36Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > I vaguely recall that this is the online equivalent of shouting and thus, bad form. But, like shouting, bad form occasionally has it’s place. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/17 "2016-10-19T19:28:24Z")
KISS ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/18 "2016-10-19T20:27:57Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > I vaguely recall that this is the online equivalent of shouting and thus, bad form. Some posters speak English as a second language, and if you shout at them it helps them understand better. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/19 "2016-10-19T21:15:57Z")
It is “_May_ I make a post in all caps?”. And no, you may not. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/20 "2016-10-19T21:16:58Z")
If you’re really good you won’t use white. Because the background here isn’t quite white. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041/21 "2016-10-19T21:23:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If you’re really good you won’t use white. Because the background here isn’t quite white. It is here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-make-a-post-all-in-caps/769041.md?page=2)