By default, if you type on any program using the Windows Touch keyboard, it capitalizes the first letter automatically. However, this guide is for you if you want to stop the Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter of each sentence in Windows 11 and Windows 10. There are two ways to prevent the Touch keyboard from doing so: using Windows Settings or the Registry Editor.
If you type in Microsoft Word, it capitalizes the first letter automatically. However, the same thing doesn’t happen in WordPad, Notepad, and some other programs. If you use a physical keyboard, it is pretty easy to capitalize the first letter of any sentence. However, using the Touch keyboard is rather time-consuming. You need to press the Shift key and type the letter. Alternatively, press Caps Lock, type the letter, then turn off Caps Lock.
If you do not want to go through this process, here is how you can allow or disallow the Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter.
Allow or disallow the Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter in Windows 11
To stop the Touch keyboard from automatically capitalizing the first letter of each sentence in Windows 11/10 using Windows Settings, follow these steps:
- Press Win+I to open Windows Settings.
- Switch to the Time & language tab on the left side.
- Click on the Typing menu on the right side.
- Expand the Touch keyboard section.
- Uncheck the Capitalize the first letter of each sentence option to stop using uppercase.
To learn more about these steps in detail, continue reading.
First, open Windows Settings. For that, you can press the Win+I keys together. After that, switch to the Time & language tab on the left-hand side. Here you can find a Typing menu that you need to click on.
Following that, expand the Touch keyboard section. Here you can see the Capitalize the first letter to each sentence checkbox.
Select the checkbox to allow the Touch keyboard to use uppercase or uncheck this option to stop the Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter of each sentence.
As mentioned earlier, you can do the same thing with the help of the Registry Editor. Before heading to the Registry method, it is recommended to backup all Registry files to be on the safe side.
How to stop Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter using Registry
To allow or stop Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter in Windows 11/10, follow these steps:
- Search for regedit in the Taskbar search box.
- Click on the individual search result.
- Click the Yes button.
- Navigate to TabletTip\1.7 in HKCU.
- Double-click on the EnableAutoShiftEngage DWORD value.
- Set the Value data as 1 to allow and 0 to prevent.
- Click the OK button.
- Restart the Windows Explorer process.
Let’s check out these steps in detail.
First, search for regedit in the Taskbar search box, click on the individual search result, and click the Yes button to open Registry Editor. Following that, navigate to this path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7
Here you can find a REG_DWORD value named EnableAutoShiftEngage. However, if you cannot find it, right-click on 1.7 > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it EnableAutoShiftEngage.
Double-click on it to set the Value data as 1 to allow and 0 to prevent the Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter automatically.
Then, click the OK button and restart Windows Explorer.
That’s all! Hope this guide helped.
Read: How to Turn on or off Shift Lock on Touch Keyboard.
How do I get my keyboard to stop capitalizing the first letter?
By default, your keyboard doesn’t capitalize the first letter in most programs on Windows 11/10. However, the Touch keyboard does that. If you want to prevent your Touch keyboard from capitalizing the first letter, you need to follow the guide above. You can open the Touch keyboard setting in the Windows Settings panel and remove the tick from the Capitalize the first letter to each sentence checkbox.
Read: How to turn on Touch keyboard typing sound in Windows 11
