How to Turn On or Off Capitalizing the First Letter of Each Sentence on the Touch Keyboard in Windows 11
Capitalizing the first letter of each sentence on the touch keyboard in Windows 11 is a built-in feature that automatically makes the start of every new sentence a capital letter. You can turn this setting on or off in just a few clicks through the Windows settings app.
This auto-capitalization works on standard touch keyboard layouts, though it does not work if you switch the layout to the traditional keyboard style.
Go to Settings Time & language Typing. Expand Touch keyboard and check or uncheck “Capitalize the first letter of each sentence” to enable or disable the feature.
How to Turn This Feature On or Off Using Settings
- Open Settings by pressing Windows key + I on your keyboard.
- Click Time & language from the menu on the left side.
- On the right side, click Typing.
- Scroll down and click the arrow next to Touch keyboard to open more options.
- Check the box to Capitalize the first letter of each sentence if you want it ON. Uncheck it to turn it OFF.
Press Win+I to launch Settings directly. Choose Time & language from the left sidebar.
Closing the Settings window finalizes the process.
How to Turn This Feature On or Off Using the Windows Registry (Advanced)
To turn ON automatic capitalization for the touch keyboard, save the following code into a text file with a .reg extension and double-click the file to run it.
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftTabletTip1.7" /v EnableAutoShiftEngage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /freg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftTabletTip1.7" /v EnableAutoShiftEngage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fTo apply these changes, save the code into a text file with a .reg extension (like touchkeyboard_autocap.reg) and double-click the file to run it. Restarting the PC or signing out and back in forces the system to apply these updates.
Summary
- The touch keyboard in Windows 11 helps you type without a physical keyboard on touchscreen devices.
- By default, it makes the first letter of each sentence a capital letter to help your typing look cleaner.
- You can turn this feature on or off easily in Settings or by changing the Registry.
- Adjust this setting to fit your own typing style and preferences.
- This feature does NOT work if you use the traditional keyboard layout on the touch keyboard.
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