Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Transformations
The Transformation submenu contains three commands that change the case of the selected
text:
•
Make
Upper
Case:
Converts all lowercase letters to their uppercase
equivalents
•
Make
Lower
Case:
Converts all uppercase letters to their lowercase
equivalents
•
Capitalize:
Converts the first letter of each word in the selected text to
uppercase (regardless of whether that would constitute proper “title case”)
Tip:
Do you find yourself changing substitution settings or using transformations
frequently? Why not add a keyboard shortcut to the relevant commands? See
Create
Control Your Mac with Speakable Items
Macs have had built-in speech recognition for a long time. Although this was cool when it
first appeared in the mid-1990s, I'm sorry to say that Apple has paid little attention to this
feature over the years, and it doesn't work especially well. Perhaps a future version of OS X
will include Siri's much more advanced capabilities, but for now, it's possible to get at least
basic voice control with Speakable Items. And for the purpose of this topic, the interesting
point is that you can create your own voice commands to open documents and apps, run
scripts, press keys, and do other custom activities—that is, your voice can trigger shortcuts,
just like a menu command or keyboard shortcut.
Coming in Yosemite:
I have it on good authority that in Yosemite, what we now
know as Speakable Items will change in ways readers of this topic are likely to
appreciate and benefit from. Unfortunately, I can't say more at present, but stay
tuned!
To use Speakable Items:
1. Go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Speakable Items > Settings.
2. Select the On radio button. A floating window appears (
Figure 6
).
