How To Change The Selected Text Case In AutoCAD Easily, Multiple Options

by Yaron Elharar ( @YaronElharar )

Updated September 19, 2026 · First version published July 15, 2023

AutoCAD has built-in ways to change text case. You do not need a third-party app for ordinary TEXT and MTEXT. The option people miss is on the Text Editor contextual tab, in the Formatting panel — not a separate Formatting tab. Open Change Case and choose UPPERCASE. While you are editing text, Ctrl+Shift+U uppercases the selection and Ctrl+Shift+L lowercases it. TEXTALLCAPS can force new TEXT and MTEXT to uppercase. On full AutoCAD for Windows, TCASE (Express Tools) can change a selection set of text objects.

These are the current options:

1. Change Case on the Text Editor contextual tab → Formatting panel
2. Ctrl+Shift+U and Ctrl+Shift+L while editing selected text
3. TEXTALLCAPS for new TEXT and MTEXT only
4. TCASE / Express Tools on a selection set (full AutoCAD for Windows only)
5. AnyCase, if you want in-place Windows shortcuts in AutoCAD fields and other Windows programs

Change Case in the Text Editor Formatting panel

To convert existing TEXT or MTEXT, open the editor, select the characters you want to change, then use Change Case. Autodesk documents this on the Text Editor contextual tab, in the Formatting panel. The All Caps control does not rewrite text that is already in the drawing. Convert existing strings with Change Case.

1. Double-click the text, or select it and open the Text Editor.
2. Select the characters you want to convert.
3. On the Text Editor contextual tab, open the Formatting panel.
4. Click Change Case and choose UPPERCASE. Lowercase is also on that menu.

Ctrl+Shift+U and Ctrl+Shift+L while editing text

These shortcuts apply to the selected text you are currently editing. They do not convert every text object in a DWG. Ctrl+Shift+U changes the selection to uppercase. Ctrl+Shift+L changes it to lowercase. If you need the same change on many objects at once, use TCASE on a selection set in full AutoCAD for Windows.

1. Open the Text Editor for the TEXT or MTEXT object.
2. Select the characters you want to change.
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+U for uppercase, or Ctrl+Shift+L for lowercase.

TEXTALLCAPS for new text only

TEXTALLCAPS changes how new TEXT and MTEXT are typed. Set it to 1 and new text goes in as uppercase. Set it to 0 to turn that off. It does not modify existing text. Convert existing strings with Change Case, the editing shortcuts, or TCASE.

1. Open the command line (Ctrl+9).
2. Type TEXTALLCAPS and press Enter.
3. Enter 1 for new TEXT and MTEXT in uppercase, or 0 to disable it.

TCASE / Express Tools (full AutoCAD for Windows only)

TCASE is an Express Tools command. Autodesk documents it for full AutoCAD for Windows. It is not available in AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD for Mac, or AutoCAD Web. TCASE can change TEXT, MTEXT, attributes, and dimension text. The dialog offers Sentence, Lower, Upper, Title, and Toggle. Autodesk does not document Upper as the general default. The command-line form, -TCASE, defaults to <TITLE>.

Use TCASE when you want to convert a selection set of objects, not only the characters inside one editor session.

1. On the Express Tools tab, open Modify Text and choose Change Case. You can also type TCASE.
2. Select the text objects you want to change, then press Enter.
3. In the TCASE dialog, choose Sentence, Lower, Upper, Title, or Toggle. Do not assume Upper is preselected.
4. Click OK to apply.

A one-off conversion or an in-place Windows shortcut

One-off paste, not an in-place AutoCAD change: use the free case converter. That page does not rewrite objects in the DWG. If you change case often in AutoCAD fields or other Windows programs, download AnyCase for Windows and convert selected text where you already typed it.

Convert in place with AnyCase (third-party, Windows)

AnyCase is a Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 8 utility. It converts selected text in Windows programs. AnyCase currently advertises AutoCAD among supported programs. An older year-by-year AutoCAD list (2016–2022) is not current vendor documentation, and this article does not claim tested AutoCAD 2026 support. AnyCase is not an AutoCAD feature, and it is not a multi-platform app.

The free version is unlimited to use, with a short delay between conversions. AnyCase Pro is $24 per year and removes that delay. It includes three stations.

To convert selected text in AutoCAD with the AnyCase menu:

1. Download AnyCase.
2. Install it as you would any other Windows program.
3. Select the text in AutoCAD.
4. Hold Shift, then right-click the selection. Choose UPPERCASE from the AnyCase conversion menu. Ordinary right-click alone opens the usual AutoCAD menu, not the AnyCase conversions.

The Win+Alt keys below are default AnyCase shortcuts. You can change them in AnyCase settings. They are not AutoCAD shortcuts. Install AnyCase first; without it, those combinations do nothing in AutoCAD.

AnyCase shortcuts that work in AutoCAD

These are the default AnyCase shortcuts. You can change them in AnyCase settings.

Final thoughts

AutoCAD already has built-in case tools: Change Case on the Text Editor Formatting panel, Ctrl+Shift+U and Ctrl+Shift+L while editing, and TEXTALLCAPS for new TEXT and MTEXT. Full AutoCAD for Windows also has TCASE for a selection set of text, MTEXT, attributes, and dimension text. If you want the same in-place Windows shortcut in AutoCAD fields and other programs, that comes from AnyCase. For a one-off paste, use the free case converter.