<p>Is there an easy way to capitalize the first letter of a string and lower the rest of it?  Is there a built in method or do I need to make my own?</p>

```
TextInfo.ToTitleCase()
```
capitalizes the first character in each token of a string.
If there is no need to maintain Acronym Uppercasing, then you should include
```
ToLower()
```
.
```
```
string s = "JOHN DOE";
s = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(s.ToLower());
// Produces "John Doe"
```
```
If CurrentCulture is unavailable, use:
```
```
string s = "JOHN DOE";
s = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US", false).TextInfo.ToTitleCase(s.ToLower());
```
```
See the
MSDN Link
for a detailed description.