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Capitalization

Title case

With this type of case, all words are capitalized, except for minor words that are not the first or last word of the title.

Elements using “Title Case”

  • Page titles
  • Table titles
  • Graph titles
  • Widget/Card titles
  • Chart legends and axis descriptions
  • Tabs
  • Pills
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A line of tool tabs with non-capitalized titles 'Audience pverview', 'Traffic journey', and 'Top pages'.A line of tool tabs with capitalized titles 'Audience Overview', 'Traffic Journey', and 'Top Pages'.
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A line of tool tabs with non-capitalized titles 'Audience pverview', 'Traffic journey', and 'Top pages'.A line of tool tabs with capitalized titles 'Audience Overview', 'Traffic Journey', and 'Top Pages'.

Words to capitalize

  • Major words: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and all words of 4 letters or more
  • The first word of a title or a subtitle
  • The first word after a colon or em dash in a heading
  • The second part of hyphenated major words
  • The second part of phrasal verbs: Sign Up
  • Team names, including the word “team”

Words NOT to capitalize

  • Articles (“the”, “an”, “a”)
  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions (and, or, but)
  • “To” in an infinitive
  • “Report” and “tool” if they are not part of the title
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Sentence case

With this type of case, most words in a titles or headings are in lowercase. You should capitalize only:

  • The first word of the title, heading, or subtitle
  • Proper nouns

Elements using “Sentence case”

  • Modal window titles
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A modal window with a capitalized title 'Delete Selected Files?', a subtitle 'They cannot be restored.', and buttons 'Delete' and 'Cancel'.A modal window with a non-capitalized title 'Delete Selected Files?', a subtitle 'They cannot be restored.', and buttons 'Delete' and 'Cancel'.
  • Notice titles
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A notice with capitalized title 'Your Subscription Has Expired' and body text 'To unlock your projects, please upgrade your subscription.'A notice with a non-capitalized title 'Your Subscription Has Expired' and body text 'To unlock your projects, please upgrade your subscription.'
  • Buttons
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A button with capitalized text 'Your Bad Button'A button with non-capitalized text 'Good button'
  • Field labels
  • Checkboxes
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A field label element with capitailized text 'Email Address'A field label element with non-capitailized text 'Email Address'
  • Menus
  • Dropdown items
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A menu list with capitalized text 'My profile, Subscription info, Log out'A menu list with non-capitalized text 'My profile, Subscription info, Log out'
  • Tags
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A tag element with capitalized text 'Add tag'A tag element with non-capitalized text 'Add tag'
  • Links
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  • Bulleted and numbered lists
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A menu list with capitalized text 'My profile, Subscription info, Log out'A menu list with non-capitalized text 'My profile, Subscription info, Log out'
  • Filter names (including filters in the report headers)
  • Company business units (Marketing department, R&D unit)

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