In CS6, can you find/change or search for: comma space any capital letter?

Forum|Forum|6 days ago
February 10, 2026
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My author has decided that he does not want to use the convention where, within a sentence a character might be thinking and the thought is shown with an initial cap. Something like: Joseph thought to himself, What am I doing.

He would like to make the W a w!

Thanks for any help!!

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

… Author has decided that he does not want to use standard style convention where thoughts in quotes are capitalized.

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The editor will probably shriek when they see it.

A quoted thought should be capitalized. According to standard style guides, direct thoughts (especially those in quotation marks) are treated similarly to direct speech and should begin with a capital letter, even if they appear in mid-sentence.

HINT: Before you make sweeping changes to the manuscript, save a previous copy you can revert to. Undoing those changes could be difficult.

Good luck!

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert