Word 2007: Enable/Disable Auto Capitalization
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Office Tips |I don’t like Word 2007 telling me what to do. It autocapitalizes things that I don’t want it to. I can capitalize my own work thank you! You can change these settings to your liking by performing these steps.
1. Expand the Office Quick Access Toolbar and select More Commands… .

2. Click Proofing and then click the AutoCorrect Options… button.

3. Here you can check the boxes to customize what you want Word to automatically capitalize.
- Correct Two Initial Capitals
- Capitalize first letter of sentences
- Capitalize first letter of table cells
- Capitalize names of days
- Correct accidental usage of caps lock key
You may also set Exceptions if you don’t want these settings to apply to certain words.

4. Click OK, then OK again when you are done.
These settings are also located other Office 2007 applications such as Excel and PowerPoint.
You can also see how to turn off capitalization in older versions of Office applications.

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