Changes for page Capitals letters

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2 -(((
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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11 -==
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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17 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H1.Donotcapitalisewholewordsorphrases." %)
18 -[[1. Do not capitalise whole words or phrases.>>doc:||anchor="#1"]]
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20 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H2.Usesentencecapitalcaseinheadlinesandsubheads." %)
21 -[[2. Use sentence case in headlines and subheads.>>doc:||anchor="#2"]]
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23 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H3.Usesentencecaseforbuttons." %)
24 -[[3. Use sentence case for buttons.>>doc:||anchor="#3"]]
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26 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H4.Propernounsareanexception." %)
27 -[[4. Proper nouns are an exception.>>doc:||anchor="#4"]]
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29 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
30 -[[5. Do not capitalise terms, unless they are proper nouns. >>doc:||anchor="#5"]]
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32 -[[Usability evidence>>doc:||anchor="#UEC"]]
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36 -
37 -=== {{id name="#1"/}}1. Do not capitalise whole words or phrases. ===
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39 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H-1" %)
40 -They are harder to read.
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43 -=== {{id name="#2"/}}2. Use sentence case in headlines and subheads. ===
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45 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H-2" %)
46 -It's easier to scan.
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49 -=== {{id name="#3"/}}3. Use sentence case for buttons. ===
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51 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H-3" %)
52 -It's easier to scan.
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55 -=== {{id name="#4"/}}4. Proper nouns are an exception. ===
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57 -It's fine to capitalise the following:
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59 -* names of people, places and things, including buildings and brands
60 -* specified committee, faculty, department, institute or school: Public Administration Select Committee
61 -* names of groups, directorates and organisations: Affordable Housing Action Group
62 -* titles of specific acts or bills: Human Rights Act (but ‘the act’ or ‘the bill’ at second mention)
63 -* names of specific schemes known to people: Right to Buy
64 -* names of wars: World War 1 and World War 2
65 -* job titles following the person's name
66 -* titles like Mr, Ms, Dr, the Duchess of Cambridge (the duchess at second mention)
67 -* titles of books: ‘Content Design’
68 -* header cells in tables: Yearly budget
69 -
70 -==
71 -{{id name="#5"/}}5. Do not capitalise terms, unless they are proper nouns. ==
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73 -Generally, terms are not proper nouns, so should not be capitalised. Technical terms are not proper nouns. But if a word or term is branded as a distinct thing, treat it as a proper noun. 
74 -\\Examples:
75 -\\As a (% class="mark" %)marathon runner(%%), you'll get a medal and a massage.
76 -\\Not
77 -\\As a Marathon Runner, you'll get a medal and a massage.
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79 -
80 -But
81 -\\I'm running in the (% class="mark" %)Virgin Money London Marathon(%%).
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84 -Not
85 -\\I'm running in the Virgin money London marathon.
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87 -
88 -And
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90 -
91 -We're running a (% class="mark" %)sustainability project.(%%)
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93 -
94 -Not
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96 -
97 -We're running a Sustainability Project.
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99 -
100 -But
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102 -
103 -(% class="mark" %)The Eden Project(%%)
104 -\\Not 
105 -\\The Eden project
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107 -
108 -== {{id name="UEC"/}}Usability evidence ==
109 -
110 -[['The science of word recognition'>>url:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/word-recognition]], Mike Jacobs, 2003
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112 -[[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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114 -[['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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116 -[['100 Things You Should Know About People: #19 — It’s a Myth That All Capital Letters Are Inherently Harder to Read'>>https://www.blog.theteamw.com/2009/12/23/100-things-you-should-know-about-people-19-its-a-myth-that-all-capital-letters-are-inherently-harder-to-read/]], S. Weinschenk, 2009
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118 -[['Say hello Writing readable content (and why All Caps is so hard to read)'>>http://www.digitalcookie.com.au/blog/writing-readable-content-and-why-all-caps-is-so-hard-to-read.html]], Marty Friedel, 2015
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120 -[['The science of word recognition'>>http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ctfonts/WordRecognition.aspx]], Mike Jacobs, 2017
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122 -[[‘The Effect of Type Size and Case Alternation on Word Identification’>>url:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1421250?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]], F. Smith, D. Lott and B. Cronnell, The American Journal of Psychology, 1969. Part-locked: free to access online with MyJSTOR account.
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124 -[[‘Case alternation impairs word identification’>>https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/BF03333407.pdf]] Coltheart, M. and Freeman, R. 2013
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127 -[More sources under the [[Discussion tab on old wiki>>http://readabilityguidelines.wikidot.com/capitals]] – need migrating.]
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133 -(((
134 -See also:
135 -\\[[Page design>>doc:User centred design.Page layout.WebHome]]
136 -[[Headings and titles>>doc:User centred design.Page titles and headings.WebHome]]
137 -[[Links>>doc:User centred design.Links.WebHome]]
138 -)))
1 +Please go to [[readabilityguidelines.co.uk/grammar-points/capital-letters>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.co.uk/grammar-points/capital-letters/]].
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