Should be really simple! When using DICTATE in Word, how to easily capitalize a word in the middle of a sentence? (Office 365, Windows 10)

Question

Using Word in Office 365, Windows 10, very simple.  If I use Dictate, how can I have it capitalize one word?  This should be SO simple, just to say "cap".  For example, I want to dictate "I see the Tree over there."  I want to capitalize the word Tree.  I would expect to dictate the following: "I see the cap tree over there."  When I do that it simply displays the word cap, so it displays "I see the cap tree over there." (rather than displaying "I see the Tree over there.")  This should be SO simple, but has MS really not bothered to put in such a basic format command?!?!?!

Answer 1

Hi GF92260,

Thank you for posting here in the Microsoft Community Forum.

We understand that you have concerns in capitalizing the first letter of a word in a sentence using Dictate in Word. We’ll do the best that we can to help you address this concern.

Based on the information provided, you’ve used the command “cap” to capitalize the first letter of the word Tree, however, it just displayed the exact word cap tree. Just to confirm, have you already tried saying ‘’caps” then the word that you’d like to capitalize on its first letter and check if it will result in what it should be as expected? If you haven’t done this yet, you may try to do so and see how it will behave when it comes to capitalizing the first letter of a word.

We’ve found article in reference to this information, as it applies to computers running in Windows 10 and all other related products. To easily find the exact command in the said article, you may CTRL + F, then type in “**Capitalize the first letter of a word”**to go straight to the section where you’ll see the exact command for this.

We do appreciate your comments and feedback about this functionality. We’re continuously striving hard to make sure of the improvements and enhancements of Microsoft products.

Should you have any clarifications, don’t hesitate to let us know.

Answer 2

Your reply did not help.  You said "Just to confirm, have you already tried saying ‘’caps” then the word that you’d like to capitalize on its first letter and check if it will result in what it should be as expected?"  YES, that is exactly what I do, and the word following "caps" is NOT capitalized, ever.  It doesn't work.  I know it should, but it doesn't.  There obviously is something wrong with the dictation commands.  This should be so simple, and I have to believe that lots of people are having this same problem.

Answer 3

Once again, the Dictation option in Word is the problem.  It simply will not capitalize a word in the middle of a sentence.  Saying "caps" <word> does NOT capitalize the word.  If someone at microsoft would check this by trying it with office 365 you'll quickly see what I'm talking about.

Answer 4

Thank you for letting us know about that.

Your concern about the Dictate feature in Word is under investigation and we are coordinating with our Internal support team to get this addressed as soon as possible. We’ll let you know within a week once we reach a resolution or receive any updates.

Please standby.

Answer 5

great, thanks.  I look forward to hearing back