Examples

Numbers or punctuation characters inside a text string are unaffected: If a numeric value is given to LOWER, number formatting is removed. For example, if cell A1 contains the date June 26, 2021, date formatting will be lost and LOWER will return a date serial number as text: If necessary, you can use the TEXT function to workaround this limitation. Use TEXT to convert the number to a text value, then pass that value into lower:

Use the LOWER function to convert text to lowercase, use the UPPER function to convert text to uppercase, and use the PROPER function to capitalize the words in a text string.

Notes

All letters in text are converted to lowercase. Numbers and punctuation characters are not affected. Number formatting is removed from standalone numeric values.

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