Envelope address transfers from letter as all Caps

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Krystal

Is it possible to have the address transfer from a letter to an envelope in
all capital letters even though it was not all capital letters in the letter
itself? The address is regular text in the letter and then when you go to add
an envelope, the text is in all caps.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

If the Envelope Address style were defined as All Caps, this would happen
automatically. Alternatively, you can select the text in the Envelope dialog
window, right-click, choose Font, and select All Caps (or use the
Ctrl+Shift+A keyboard shortcut).
 
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Graham Mayor

As Suzanne indicates, it is possible, but is it a good idea? Upper case text
is harder to read. Why not use an easy to read solution such as 14 point
Times New Roman?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

It may be harder for us to read, but, for unfathomable reasons, the USPS
prefers addresses in all caps (and with standard abbreviations and no
punctuation). If you enter a U.S. address at
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp and click Submit, the result is in all
caps. <sigh> This is not required, of course, except for bulk mail (and I'm
not sure it's an absolute requirement even for that.
 
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Graham Mayor

Maybe they use rudimentary OCR to sort the mail?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Not so rudimentary, and yes, all mail is machine sorted unless it's a very
odd shape (and they're now charging considerably more for odd shapes).
 
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