Uppercase/Lowercase
These rules below refer to the general use of uppercase/lowercase and county-specific characters. For capitalization of screen texts at SAP see the respective rules.
Guidelines
Upper/Lowercase
Use lower and uppercase letters. Do not use uppercase letters as design elements to highlight headers or other elements.
Example
- Good: Software ergonomics is an interdisciplinary science
- Bad: SOFTWARE ERGONOMICS IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE
Country-Specific Characters
Use country-specific characters, for example, the umlaut and ß in German.
Example
- Good: Möhren ärgern Spaßvögel übrigens nie
- Bad: Moehren aergern Spassvoegel uebrigens nie
Source: SAP Reference Lists