Many a time, a need may arise to quickly convert a sentence in lower or upper or mix case into a proper format. To achieve this, excel has provided with an inbuilt function called the PROPER Excel Function.
In this tutorial we would learn how to use the PROPER formula in Excel, along with examples.
Let us begin!! Here we go 😎
When To Use Excel PROPER Function
The PROPER formula in Excel is used to convert a sentence into a proper case. This function converts the first letter of each word into upper case (capital letter).
The Excel PROPER formula forms part of the Text formula group. Therefore, it returns a text string.
Syntax and Arguments
=PROPER(text)
The PROPER function has one argument viz. text.
- text – In this mandatory argument, specify the text string to convert to sentence case.
The text argument can be either entered manually or a cell reference.
It is important to note that, when a text argument is manually entered, it must be put within double-quotes.
Excel PROPER Function – Examples
Now, let us look at some examples of using the PROPER formula in excel to understand how the excel PROPER formula works in excel.
Look at the sentence in cell A1 in the below image:
The sentence “EXCEL is A pOWERFUL tOOl” has a mixture of both upper and lower case. The text string does not look nice.
To convert the first letter of each word in this sentence into capital letter, simply use the following formula:
=PROPER(A1)
OR
=PROPER("EXCEL is A pOWERFUL tOOl")
As a result, excel would return the following output.
Look at some more examples in the below image.
Do Not Miss This Point
The PROPER function only impacts the text strings (i.e. letters and alphabets).
It does not do any change in the non-text strings, like numbers, symbols, etc.
Explanation – In the above examples, the PROPER function kept the numeric value ‘456’ and the symbol hash ‘#’ as it is.
Thank You 🙂