Wiki source code of Capitals

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3 Following this helps:
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5 * **people in a hurry** – words in capital letters are hard to scan and comprehend
6 * **people who are stressed** – if you're anxious you need content that's easy to read
7 * **people who are multi-tasking** – capped words are difficult to read
8 * **cognitive impairments** – easy to comprehend words and sentences carry less cognitive load
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12 Guidance ==
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14 Capitalised words are not easy to read for many reasons. We're more used to reading words in lowercase letters, so our brains find lowercase words easier to scan and absorb.
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18 [[1. Do not capitalise whole words or phrases.>>doc:||anchor="#1"]]
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21 [[2. Use sentence case in headlines and subheads.>>doc:||anchor="#2"]]
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24 [[3. Use sentence case for buttons.>>doc:||anchor="#3"]]
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27 [[4. Proper nouns are an exception.>>doc:||anchor="#4"]]
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29 [[Usability evidence>>doc:||anchor="#UEC"]]
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34 === {{id name="#1"/}}1. Do not capitalise whole words or phrases. ===
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37 They are harder to read.
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40 === {{id name="#2"/}}2. Use sentence case in headlines and subheads. ===
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43 It's easier to scan.
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46 === {{id name="#3"/}}3. Use sentence case for buttons. ===
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49 It's easier to scan.
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52 === {{id name="#4"/}}4. Proper nouns are an exception. ===
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54 It's fine to capitalise the following:
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56 * names of people, places and things, including buildings and brands
57 * specified committee, faculty, department, institute or school: Public Administration Select Committee
58 * names of groups, directorates and organisations: Affordable Housing Action Group
59 * titles of specific acts or bills: Human Rights Act (but ‘the act’ or ‘the bill’ at second mention)
60 * names of specific schemes known to people: Right to Buy
61 * names of wars: World War 1 and World War 2
62 * job titles following the person's name
63 * titles like Mr, Ms, Dr, the Duchess of Cambridge (the duchess at second mention)
64 * titles of books: ‘Content Design’
65 * header cells in tables: Yearly budget
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69 == {{id name="UEC"/}}Usability evidence ==
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71 [[’The science of word recognition’>>url:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/word-recognition]], Mike Jacobs, 2003
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73 [[A to Z style guide>>url:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/style-guide/a-to-z-of-gov-uk-style]] UK government website
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75 [[How Capital Letters Became Internet Code for Yelling>>url:https://newrepublic.com/article/117390/netiquette-capitalization-how-caps-became-code-yelling]], Alice Robb, The New Republic, 2014
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77 [More sources under the Discussion tab on old wiki – need migrating.]
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84 See also:
85 \\[[Page design>>doc:User centred design.Page layout.WebHome]]
86 [[Headings and titles>>doc:User centred design.Page titles and headings.WebHome]]
87 [[Links>>doc:User centred design.Links.WebHome]]
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