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Question on capitalization.
Are there special rules, or best practices for capitalization and eLearning? I know this sounds like elementary school, but this topic came up in a recent project discussion. Here's my take on when ...
What about capitalizing the whole title? Is that wrong? I personally prefer all capital letters in a title. A colleague of mine disagreed and felt that the title should not be capitalized. Is there a rule on this? I just feel that capitalized titles capture the attention of the user more than a non capitalized title.
This is more an etiquette rule: it is considered shouting when things are typed in all caps. However, I use all caps for titles in slides when the style, look and feel of the content seem appropriate for it, and for as long as it's not overpowering.
Using all caps for attention grabbing might not be a best practice, mostly because people get used to them very fast, thus losing the intended effect. It's like trying to scare a person saying the same thing over and over; it might work the first or second time, but not after a few times.
Here's a good article on letter casing in user interfaces.
