From: ybmcu@panix.com   
      
   In  "Evelyn C. Leeper"  writes:   
      
   >I know there are lots of (punctuation and grammar) style geeks here, so   
   >maybe someone can tell me:   
      
   >Has the use of Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and others changed the rules   
   >of capitalization for (e.g.) titles of shorter works?  It used to be   
   >that one would capitalize all the words except non-leading articles and   
   >longer prepositions.  (At least that's how I learned it.)  So it would   
   >be "Devil in a Blue Dress", but "The Man Without a Country".   
      
   >Now when you're using a word-processing app, and ask for capitalization,   
   >it capitalizes every word, e.g., "Devil In A Blue Dress", and "The Man   
   >Without A Country".   
      
   >Has any style manual endorsed this, or do I need to keep tweaking all my   
   >transformations?   
      
   I haven't seen any style manual that does this.  But different style   
   manuals have different capitalization rules for titlees (so Chicago and   
   Words Into Type, for example, are close, but not identical -- although   
   your "Devil" and "The" examples are correct in both of those.   
      
   If it's for your publication, pick a style manual.  If it's for someone   
   else's, follow theirs.   
      
   Ben   
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   Ben Yalow                      ybmcu@panix.com   
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