APA Style uses sentence case that looks like normal prose, while uppercase converts every letter to a capital. The two serve different purposes.
APA Style uses sentence case for titles in reference lists and most body contexts, capitalizing only the first word, the first word after a colon, and proper nouns. It is published by the American Psychological Association.
APA Style is required for papers in psychology, education, sociology, and public health. It is the standard for dissertations in most social science departments.
Open APA Style converterUppercase converts every letter to its capital form without exception. It is used for warning labels, legal notices, acronyms, design contexts, and any text requiring maximum visual weight.
All caps is appropriate for short, high-emphasis phrases, system alerts, and design headlines. Extended uppercase text is harder to read and should be used sparingly.
Open Uppercase converterAPA Style is required for papers in psychology, education, sociology, and public health. It is the standard for dissertations in most social science departments.
All words after the first are lowercase unless they are proper nouns or follow a colon. This makes APA titles look significantly different from title-case styles.
All caps is appropriate for short, high-emphasis phrases, system alerts, and design headlines. Extended uppercase text is harder to read and should be used sparingly.
Every letter is capitalized. Punctuation, numbers, and symbols are unchanged. Letter-spacing is often added in design contexts to improve readability.
Choose APA Style for social science research and academic citations.
Choose uppercase for short emphasis, warnings, and design headlines.
Uppercase is never used in APA-formatted body text or citations. It may appear in abbreviations and acronyms, which APA Style covers separately.