PROPER Function

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Purpose of the Function

The Microsoft Excel PROPER function sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase. The PROPER function is a built-in function in Excel that is categorized as a String/Text Function.

Syntax

• text : The text string or cell reference containing the text you want to format.

Practical Example

Step -01 : Call PROPER Function :

Select The Cell, Which You Want to Apply The Function And Write PROPER Function =PROPER In Selected Cell

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Step -02 : Enter PROPER Arguments :

We need to select The Cells Which We Want to Convert The Text As First Letter Only Upper case Others Letters are Lower Case With in the Brackets.

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Step -03 : Hit The Enter Key :

After Entering The Function We need hit The Enter Key, The Excel Convert The Text As First Letter Only Upper case Others Letters are Lower Case.

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Step -04 : Drag Or Double Click in the Plus Sign (+) :

If You Drag Your mouse In the Bottom of Right Corner Cell You Are Able To See Plus Sign (+), If you Double Click in The Plus Sign (+) The Excel Automatically Convert The Text As First Letter Only Upper case Others Letters are Lower Case OR Click On Plus Sign (+) And Drag Up to Last Cells.

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The PROPER function is helpful for standardizing text by capitalizing the initial letters of words in a string, making it particularly useful for cleaning and formatting data where consistent capitalization is needed.

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Advance Excel 365

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Introduction to Microsoft Excel

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• What is Excel 365
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Excel Formulas and Functions

Mathematical Functions

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• SUM Function
• AVERAGE Function
• MAX Function
• MIN Function
• ROUND Function
• SUMIF Function
• COUNT Function
• COUNTA Function
• COUNTIF Function

Date And Time Functions

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• NOW Function
• TODAY Function
• YEAR Function
• MONTH Function
• DAY Function
• HOUR Function
• MINUTE Function
• SECOND Function
• TIME Function

Text Functions

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• CONCATENATE Functions
• LEN and MID Function
• TRIM Function
• TEXT Function
• LEFT Function
• RIGHT Function
• UPPER Function
• LOWER Function
• PROPER Function
• REPT Function
• EXACT Function

Logical Functions

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• IF Function
• VLOOKUP Function