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1. #EXCEL FOR MAC, CHANGE FIRST LETTER IN STRING TO UPPERCASE UPDATE#
2. #EXCEL FOR MAC, CHANGE FIRST LETTER IN STRING TO UPPERCASE CODE#
3. #EXCEL FOR MAC, CHANGE FIRST LETTER IN STRING TO UPPERCASE WINDOWS#

The brackets with the backslashes are the brackets of the original string, they will be removed during this operation (as they are outside the inside brackets). In this case it is (*) and this string stands for a text that starts with a number followed by any number of characters *. Please note that you can always undo this operation by pressing CTRL-Z.Įxplanation: The inside brackets (without the backslashes) determine the text that has to be updated. To process the text this way, please use the following "Find what" string (it starts with one space!)Ĭode: \1Furthermore, please use the "Format" button in the lower left corner to set the formatting for the replace text, in our case to superscript. Müller, Edmund 1 Schmitt, Edward 2 Benevides, Marie 3 1 Smith, John 1 Reynolds, Jan-Hendrik 2 Oliver, Jean-Michel 1,2 Müller, Edmund (1) Schmitt, Edward (2) Benevides, Marie (3)ĭillard, Alexandra L. (1) Smith, John (1) Reynolds, Jan-Hendrik (2) Oliver, Jean-Michel (1,2) The default name formatting from the export looks like:ĭillard, Alexandra L.

#EXCEL FOR MAC, CHANGE FIRST LETTER IN STRING TO UPPERCASE UPDATE#

You can then use (simple) regular expressions in the search field and corresponding replacement commands in the replace field to update the formatting.

Then click the "More" box and select the " Use wildcards" check box (see screenshot). To enable this function, press CTRL-H to open the search and replace dialogue. If you want to change the formatting of the names and indexes, use the search and replace function in Word and the "use wildcard" option that allows to work with simple regular expressions. The new fields must have a time formatting (use the right mouse button to change the formatting). where C2 is the original date-time field. To create a time field from a data field in Excel, please add an empty column and use the code:

It seems to be a bug in Word 2007 and later. Please note that you have to convert date-time fields to time fields first in Excel if you want to use the Word formatting options for times. Microsoft Support: Insert and format field codes in Word Microsoft Support: Insert and format field codes in Word - Date-Time format switchĮxample "dd-MMM-yy" to see the date in the format "dd/MM/yyyy" to see the date in the format "dd MMMM yyyy" to see the date in the format "28 February "dddd, dd MMMM yyyy" to see the date in the format "Sunday, 28 February "HH:mm" to see the time in the format "HH:mm:ss" to see the time in the format "h:mm AM\PM" to see the time in the format "1:45 "h:mm:ss AM\PM" to see the time in the format "1:45:30 PM" The date-time field codes are explained here: Microsoft Support: Insert and format field codes in Word - Numeric format switch The available switches are described here: \* Lower This switch changes all letters to lower case. \* Upper This switch capitalizes all letters. \* FirstCap This switch capitalizes the first letter of the first word. \* Caps This switch capitalizes the first letter of each word. Microsoft Support: Insert and format field codes in Word - Format switch The codes for text fields (alphanumeric fields) can be found here:

#EXCEL FOR MAC, CHANGE FIRST LETTER IN STRING TO UPPERCASE CODE#

If you are formatting text fields, start your code with \*, for numeric fields start with \# and for date-time fields start with Formatting There are 3 different methods to format text.

#EXCEL FOR MAC, CHANGE FIRST LETTER IN STRING TO UPPERCASE WINDOWS#

Update the field by pressing F9 in Windows (Use Fn + F9 in OSX).Īlternatively you can also use ALT + F9 (Fn + Option + F9 in OSX) to toggle all fields between "field view" and "mail merge preview".Click with the mouse button on the field you would like to edit and add the formatting instructions (see below) at the end of the field (but before the closing curly brackets"}").Press Shift + F9 in Windows (Use Fn + Shift + F9 in OSX) to change to "field view".In the merged document, please select the merge field to be updated and then: You can update the fields that are used to merge the text and define the formatting in MS Word.