Is there anyway to make LaTeX automatically capitalize sectioning headings?
That is, I would like this to generate a capitalized headline:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{This should be in title case.}
But it isn't.
\end{document}
[Tex/LaTex] Automatic Capitalization of sectioning headings
capitalizationsectioning
Related Solutions
Which document class do you use?
Here is an example with scrartlc
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\renewcommand*{\othersectionlevelsformat}[3]{%
\llap{#3\autodot\enskip}}
\begin{document}
\section{foo}
\lipsum[1]
\section{bar}
\subsection{foo bar}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}
By using a standard class you can use the package titlesec
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlelabel{\llap{\thetitle\quad}}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\section{foo}
\lipsum[1]
\section{bar}
\subsection{foo bar}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}
The result:
In relation to your comment:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{titlesec}
%1inch=25,4mm
\titlelabel{\llap{\makebox[1cm][l]{\thetitle}}\hspace*{25.4mm}}
%\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{showframe}
\begin{document}
\section{foo}
\hspace*{25.4mm}\lipsum[1]
\section{bar}
\subsection{foo bar}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}
The package indentfirst is a possibility if every indent should be 1inch. I think 1inch is to big.
Building on Gonzalo's answer: Use the numberless key to define the starred version of \section.
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\titleformat{\section}
{\normalfont\Large\sffamily\bfseries\filcenter}{}{0em}{\uline{\thesection\hspace*{ 1em}\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
\titleformat{name=\section,numberless}
{\normalfont\Large\sffamily\bfseries\filcenter}{}{0em}{\uline{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
\renewcommand*{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\begin{document}
\section{Test Section}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{thebibliography}{9}
\bibitem{A01} A. Author. \emph{Alpha}. 2001.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Another solution, using any additional package, it to modify the
\section,\subsectionetc. macros. It can be done fairly easily with the followingThe title of the section, subection and subsubsection will then be in small caps.