If your work involves a lot of typing, each keystroke you save helps you work more efficiently. Here's a tip that can help you virtually eliminate the need to perform the simple act of pressing the [Shift] key to capitalize the first letter of a sentence, depending on the kind of text you type.
 

Here's how it works:

1. Go to Tools AutoCorrect and click the AutoCorrect tab.
2. Click the check boxes for the options Capitalize First Letter Of Sentences and Capitalize Names Of Days.

With these options activated, you don't have to press [Shift] to capitalize the first letter of a sentence. After you type a period or a question mark to finish one sentence and type the first word of the next sentence, Word will automatically capitalize the first letter of that word. In addition, with the Capitalize First Letter Of Sentences option enabled, you can type the singular or plural form of any day of the week (e.g., Friday or Fridays) and Word will automatically initial cap each instance.

While you're in the AutoCorrect menu, go ahead and create your own AutoCorrect entries for the months of the year. For example, in the Replace field, type january, then type January in the With field. Click Add to include this change in the list. Click OK to save and close. How does Word know when the period you've typed is used in an abbreviation and not at the end of a sentence? Also under AutoCorrect, click the Exceptions button to display a list of common abbreviations that require periods. Word won't automatically change the capitalization of a word that follows any abbreviation in this list. You'll want to make sure that common abbreviations like Dr., Mr., Ms., and Mrs. aren't included in the Exceptions list so that Word will initial cap the names that follow them.