Title Case Converter
Capitalize titles and headlines correctly in AP, APA, Chicago or MLA style, with the small words handled for you.
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The 7ESL Title Case Converter capitalizes your titles and headlines the way a professional editor would. Paste a title, pick a style guide, and the converter applies that guide's capitalization rules instantly: the major words get capital letters, the minor words stay lower case, and the first and last words are always capitalized. No more second-guessing whether "with" or "from" should be capitalized in your next heading.
Four style guides, four sets of rules
The styles differ mainly in how they treat short words. AP style, used in journalism, capitalizes all words of four or more letters and lowercases short conjunctions, articles and prepositions. APA style, standard in academic and scientific writing, capitalizes every word of four letters or more, even prepositions like "with" and "from". Chicago style, common in book publishing, lowercases all prepositions regardless of length, so even "between" and "through" stay lower case. MLA style, used in the humanities, works much like Chicago and lowercases articles, prepositions and coordinating conjunctions wherever they appear in the middle of a title.
How to use the converter
Type or paste your title, choose the style your publication or teacher requires, and the converted title appears below with a Copy button. The tool always capitalizes the first and the last word, restarts capitalization after a colon, and handles hyphenated compounds such as "Well-Known" correctly. Everything runs in your browser, so your titles are never uploaded or stored anywhere.
Why correct title case matters
Capitalization is one of the first things a reader, an editor or a grader notices. A blog post with a sloppy headline looks unedited; an academic paper that ignores APA capitalization loses easy marks; a news piece that breaks AP style looks unprofessional to any editor. Running every title through the converter takes seconds and removes the guesswork. If you also need to change whole passages to upper case, lower case or sentence case, the general Case Converter handles those, and the Word Counter will tell you how long your headline-friendly text runs.
Frequently asked questions
What is title case?
Title case is the capitalization style used for titles and headlines: the main words are capitalized while short words such as articles, conjunctions and short prepositions stay in lower case. The first and last words of a title are always capitalized.
Which title case style should I use?
Use the style your publication or institution requires: AP for news and general web writing, APA for academic and scientific papers, Chicago for books and many magazines, and MLA for humanities essays. If no style is specified, AP is a safe default for online writing.
What is the difference between AP and Chicago title case?
The main difference is prepositions. AP capitalizes prepositions of four or more letters, such as With and From, while Chicago keeps all prepositions in lower case regardless of length, including long ones like Between and Through.
Are the first and last words always capitalized?
Yes. Every major style guide capitalizes the first and last word of a title no matter what the word is, and the converter follows that rule automatically, including after a colon.
Does the converter handle hyphenated words?
Yes. Hyphenated compounds such as Well-Known or Self-Service have each part capitalized when the word itself should be capitalized, matching standard style-guide practice.