Title Capitalization Tool – AP, APA, Chicago & MLA Headline Formatter
Capitalize article headlines, book titles, and essays according to rules based on common AP, APA, Chicago and MLA conventions. Check your publisher's style guide.
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How Does It Work?
Format titles and headlines using rules based on common AP, APA, Chicago and MLA conventions. Check your publisher's style guide.
Applies specific casing rules per stylebook: capitalizing first/last words, major nouns/verbs, and lowercasing minor prepositions and conjunctions.
Real-World Worked Example
Formatting the headline: "why you should invest in mutual funds through a systematic plan"
- •AP Style: "Why You Should Invest in Mutual Funds Through a Systematic Plan" (Preposition "Through" is capitalized because it has 4+ letters)
- •Chicago Style: "Why You Should Invest in Mutual Funds through a Systematic Plan" (Preposition "through" is lowercased regardless of length)
- •Sentence Case: "Why you should invest in mutual funds through a systematic plan"
Takeaway: The key distinction between AP and Chicago styles is AP’s rule that any word with 4 or more letters must be capitalized.
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Title Capitalization Tool FAQs
Common questions, calculation formulas, and usage rules.
AP Style capitalizes all prepositions of 4 letters or more (like "With", "From", "Over"), whereas Chicago Manual of Style lowercases all prepositions regardless of length.
Yes! Across all major editorial style manuals (AP, APA, Chicago, MLA), the first word and last word of a headline are always capitalized.
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