# Test: No all caps titles?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-all-caps-titles/772065>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 15, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-all-caps-titles/772065 "2016-11-15T16:14:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-all-caps-titles/772065/1 "2016-11-15T16:14:50Z")

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I saw the “ALL CAPS TITLE” thread down forum and wanted to see if the forum software really forced titles into lower case. Is the title I entered in this thread: “TEST: NO ALL CAPS TITLES?” still all caps when posted?

Edit: nope. Huh. I’ll make sure I do capitalization as I see it from now on.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-all-caps-titles/772065/2 "2016-11-15T16:58:35Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19783479&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19783479&postcount=1)

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**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:** [November 15, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-all-caps-titles/772065/3 "2016-11-15T17:06:44Z")

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Hint: if a word in your title has an “I,” you can substitute a lower case “l” (el) for it and it will appear virtually indistinguishable. It will prevent your title from being forced into lower case.