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kb:sentence_casing [2022/07/13 19:00] – [How do I get titles to show up in sentence case in bibliographies?] dstillmankb:sentence_casing [2022/07/13 19:02] (current) – [How do I get titles to show up in sentence case in bibliographies?] dstillman
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 Unfortunately, it's not possible for Zotero or any other tool to reliably automate conversion to sentence case, since a computer can't know for sure that something is a proper noun. (Think, for example, of the word "united", which can be an adjective, verb, name of a company, or part of a country name.) Unfortunately, it's not possible for Zotero or any other tool to reliably automate conversion to sentence case, since a computer can't know for sure that something is a proper noun. (Think, for example, of the word "united", which can be an adjective, verb, name of a company, or part of a country name.)
  
-The solution is to **store titles in sentence case** in your Zotero library and let Zotero automate the conversion to title case if necessary. For example, when using Chicago Manual of Style, Zotero will automatically convert titles to title case, but when using APA it won't try to enforce sentence casing and will simply print titles as they appear in your library.+The solution is to **store titles in sentence case** in your Zotero library and let Zotero automate the conversion to title case if necessary. For example, when using Chicago Manual of Style, Zotero will automatically convert titles to title case, whereas when using APA it won't try to enforce sentence casing and will simply print titles as they appear in your library.
  
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