Fix Excel'S Proper() So It Won'T Miscapitalize Contractions
 

It'S Just My 2-Cent'S Worth, But I Think
Excel'S Proper() Function Does A Bad Job With Its
Handling Of Contractions And Possessives. For A 2nD
Example, Look What It Does To 2Nd And 3Rd!

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Fix Excel'S Proper() So It Won'T Miscapitalize Contractions
 

"RPellessier" wrote...
It'S Just My 2-Cent'S Worth, But I Think
Excel'S Proper() Function Does A Bad Job With Its
Handling Of Contractions And Possessives. For A 2nD
Example, Look What It Does To 2Nd And 3Rd!
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There are work arounds for contractions and possessives,

=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(PROPER(x)&" ","'S ","'s "),"'T ","'t "))

As for ordinals, no easy fix without regular expressions, but you kinda
deserve this problem for not using Second or Third.