Title Case Indesign Script?

I have paragraph/character styles set. But I need a script to change these to title case (currently all lower case). I know there is a script, but the only ones I have come across seem to be for CS5 or below. I'm currently on CC 2014. Any sources for this script?

A lot of scripts do not depend on actual InDesign versions (if they do, it's usually only a limit for lower versions, not higher). Just try the one you got. If you get an error, you can use the Script Version Folder workaround:
http://indesignsecrets.com/using-old-scripts-in-cs3.php
That recently worked for me to run a troublesome CS5 script in the very latest version -- I did not have to find out the cause of error and somehow fix it!

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Having a problem here.
When multiple paragraphs are selected the start of a paragraph is set to a lowercase
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//DESCRIPTION: Converts selected text to title case smartly
var ignoreWords = ["a", "an", "and", "the", "to", "with", "in", "on", "as", "of", "or", "at", "into", "that",
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} catch(e) {
    exit();
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            continue;
        } else {
            if ((isIn(ignoreWords,theWords[j]) > -1) && (j != 0)) {
                myNewText = myNewText + theWords[j] + " ";
            } else {
                myNewText = myNewText + InitCap(theWords[j]) + " ";
    theWordRanges[i] = myNewText.substring(0,myNewText.length - 1)
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// +++++++ Functions Start Here +++++++++++++++++++++++
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    var myFile = File(File(getScriptPath()).parent.fsName + "/ignoreWords.txt");
    if (!myFile.exists) { return theWords }
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    myFile.close();
    return importedWords.split("\n"); // Could filter these, but what's the point?
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    myFile.close();
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        return app.activeScript;
    } catch(e) {
        return e.fileName;
function isIn(aList,aWord) {
    for (var i = 0; aList.length > i; i++) {
        if (aList[i].toLowerCase() == aWord) {
            return i;
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function InitCap(aWord) {
    if (aWord.length == 1) {
        return (aWord.toUpperCase());
    return (aWord.substr(0,1).toUpperCase() + aWord.substring(1,aWord.length))

Hi,
Looks like it is a 'paragraph mark' problem which can be seen as 1st char in some strings.
modify these two lines:
     theWordRanges = myText.split("\r");
     app.selection[0].texts[0].contents = theWordRanges.join("\r");
Jarek

How can I use a script in a Livecycle Designer form, to force display of text in Title Case?

Hello,
I am a 'novice' who is DIY'ing the construction of a dynamic pdf form, using Adobe Livecycle Designer 7 (I know, it's a VERY old version!)
[So, any help that comes along must be 'for Idiots'!]
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Hey TundraSteve,
Thanks a tonne!
Works perfectly!!!
In fact, your solution is so elegant and direct, that even I am beginning to get a sense of how it works... I have looked at LOTS of similar codes in the past few days, but was not at all getting a sense of how they are working! But comparing your solution with the earlier one I mentioned, I am beginning to get a sense of things!
Any suggestions for what I should read-up in order to understand this king of coding?
I have basically been using the built-in 'Help' - and, trial-and-error - and I have designed my first form - a pretty elaborate one, actually!
So, it would be great if you could guide me through the 'learning curve' a bit!
[I have figured-out the 'basics' - that is, I can lay out the form, use 'if-expressions' (FormCalc), trigger events, even build Subforms that are hidden but 'appear' when triggered by other actions, and so on. What I can't figure out are the various 'code languages' (syntax?) that are being used - like " var sometext", for eg.!]
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Looking for a simple way to convert a string to title case

New to LiveCycle and Javascript. Looking for a simple way to convert a string to title case, except acronyms. Currently using the the following, it converts acronyms to lower case:
var str = this.rawValue;
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Thanks for the reply.
Found the following script in a forum, which works fine as a "custom validation script" in the.pdf version of my form. However, it will not work in LiveCycle? The problem seems to be with
"return str.replace(/[A-Za-z0-9\u00C0-\u00FF]+[^\s-]*/g"
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title.charAt(index - 1).search(/[^\s-]/) < 0) {
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After reading and looking for a while, finally:
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I have a spreadsheet that contains several columns of text which are all uppercase. I would like to format the text so that it has a capital first letter, and the subsequent letters are lower case for that word. The "Title" case which is found in Format>Font>Capitalization>Title Case only seems to work if the text is all lower case. I can't get it to work on any other types of formatted text. Any thoughts on how I can do this? Thanks

I use an AppleScript to change to title case in Pages. This is based on an old AppleWorks script that I've modified for Pages. Copy & paste your table from Numbers to a blank Pages document then open AppleScript Editor (in Utilities) & paste the following code in a new window & save as a script. You can then run it to convert the text & then copy & paste back to Numbers.
Give me a couple of days & I'll see if I can make it work in Numbers.
property lowerOnlyWords : {"a", "an", "the", "and", "of", "for", "from", "in", "on", "before", "after", "between", "behind", "with", "without", "to", "through", "against", "is"}
property upperChars : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
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 set alphaN to offset of oldCharacter in upperChars
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 end if
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