Capitalize My Title: Your Quick Title Formatter

Need clean title case for a headline or paper? Use the capitalize my title tool. Pick a guide, paste your text, and get a ready title.

Overview

This tool formats titles for major style guides. Choose American Psychological Association, Modern Language Association, Chicago Manual of Style, or Associated Press. It always capitalizes the first and last words. It lowers short articles, prepositions, and conjunctions based on each guide. It preserves quotes, periods, commas, and other marks. It also handles hyphenated words.

You will see the current rules for the selected guide. That note appears under the result. Use this for blog posts, essays, news headlines, emails, and product pages.

How the Tool Works

The tool scans your title word by word. It applies the rules of the style you select.

• American Psychological Association, APA: Words with four or more letters get caps. Short listed words stay lower unless first or last.
• Modern Language Association, MLA: Principal words get caps, including parts after hyphens. Articles, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions stay lower.
• Chicago Manual of Style: It capitalizes nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Articles, conjunctions, and short prepositions stay lower.
• Associated Press, AP: Words with four or more letters get caps. Articles, conjunctions, and prepositions under four letters stay lower.

Hyphenated words get checked by part. Small words after a hyphen stay lower. The tool keeps leading and trailing punctuation with the original word.

Why Use the Tool?

Title case rules take time to apply by hand. This tool does the heavy lifting with clear rules and consistent output.

• Save time on headlines and subheads.
• Keep titles consistent across posts and documents.
• Prepare academic titles for American Psychological Association and Modern Language Association.
• Format news headlines to Associated Press style.
• Polish resumes, reports, slide titles, and case study names.
• Clean product names and video titles for search results.

Writers and editors use capitalize my title to reduce edits and keep style tight.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Follow these steps to use the tool with confidence.

1. Select a style guide from the dropdown. Pick American Psychological Association, Modern Language Association, Chicago Manual of Style, or Associated Press.
2. Paste or type your title in the text box. Include punctuation and hyphens if needed.
3. Click Capitalize to format your title. Press Enter to run it fast.
4. Review the line labeled Result. It shows your formatted title.
5. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the result. The button confirms the copy.
6. Read Current Style Rules under the result. That note explains the rules used.

Enter Your Title

Type plain text in the box. Paste from your draft if you like. Quotes, colons, dashes, and commas are fine. Use Shift and Enter to add a new line. For best results, include full words and standard spacing.

Choose your style first to see the right rules. The note under the result updates when you change styles.

Click the Capitalize Button

Click Capitalize to process your text. The formatted title appears under Result. Click Copy to Clipboard to use it anywhere. Press Enter in the box to run it quickly. Shift and Enter adds a new line.

Here is a quick example for Chicago Manual of Style. Input: tax tips for freelancers on a tight budget. Output: Tax Tips for Freelancers on a Tight Budget. Notice the lowercase for short words like for and on.

Use the style note under the result to confirm the rules. Switch styles to compare outputs if needed.

Final Thoughts

The capitalize my title tool keeps your titles clean and consistent. It saves time and helps you meet style standards. Give it a try on your next headline or paper title.

• Review acronyms like NASA or HTML after formatting, since the tool sets Title Case.
• Check brand spellings with internal caps, like iPhone or eBay.
• Some guides prefer a capital after a colon, so adjust that word if needed.
• The tool uses set lists for short words, so rare edge cases may need edits.
• Proper names with special casing, like McDonald, may need a quick fix.

Use this page whenever you think, I need to capitalize my title fast and with care.