What makes title case different from "capitalize everything"?
Compare "The Best Way To Clean A List" with "The Best Way to Clean a List". The second is real title case: grammar words stay lowercase unless they open or close the headline, so the important words stand taller. Newsrooms codified this in style guides — AP style (used by most news sites) and Chicago style (used by most book publishers) agree on almost everything, differing mainly on longer prepositions: AP capitalizes words of four or more letters ("With", "Between"), Chicago keeps all prepositions lowercase however long they are.
How to use it
- Type or paste your headline in any case.
- Pick the style your publication uses — AP for news and blogs is the common default.
- Copy the converted headline.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from the Case Converter?
The Case Converter applies mechanical case rules to whole texts (including a basic title case). This dedicated tool applies editorial rules — small-word handling, first/last word rules, and the AP/Chicago difference — which is what headline keywords actually get searched for.
What about the word after a colon?
Capitalized in all three styles, because it starts the subtitle: "Lists: A Complete Guide".