> 1) Is possible to automatically captilize some words, \capitalize{some
> text}? I do not mean smallcaps. I can of course just write the text with
> SHIFT PRESSED DOWN put it's cumbersome and I'd like to automatically
> capitalize first-level sections.
Others may know better, but I would define an abbreviation for use of all
caps in the text itself. You can use \newcommand\myabbrevword{MYABBREVWORD}.
(I use the abbrevs package, part of the frankenstein bundle).
>
> Furthermore, I want the words "Contents" and "References" in caps. If I
> could just automatically captitalize the section style, that should do
> it. If not, how can I redefine these two words into capital versions?
> I tried \def\contentsname{CONTENTS} but it didn't work.
For all sectioning use sectsty.sty. Do something like
\sectionfont{\centering\normalsize\mdseries\scshape}.
or \subsectionfont, \subsubsectionfont and so on. The docs for sectsty reveal
all. Probably the answer to your author formatting question is there as well.
I myself would like to know how to make stuff uppercase, and not smallcaps. I
haven't found the LaTeX command to do it. (You'd think it would be something
like \ucase{})
