diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.js b/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.js
index 55a147fed..48508e756 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 	this.handleKeyPress = handleKeyPress;
 	this.handleCreatorAutoCompleteSelect = handleCreatorAutoCompleteSelect;
 	this.hideEditor = hideEditor;
+	this.textTransform = textTransform;
 	this.getCreatorFields = getCreatorFields;
 	this.modifyCreator = modifyCreator;
 	this.removeNote = removeNote;
@@ -873,6 +874,9 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 	
 	function createValueElement(valueText, fieldName, tabindex, noedit)
 	{
+		var fieldID = Zotero.ItemFields.getID(fieldName);
+		
+		// If an abstract, check last expand state
 		var abstractAsVbox = (fieldName == 'abstractNote') &&
 			Zotero.Prefs.get('lastAbstractExpand');
 		
@@ -893,7 +897,7 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 			valueElement.className = 'zotero-clicky';
 		}
 		
-		switch (fieldName){
+		switch (fieldName) {
 			case 'tag':
 				_tabIndexMaxTagsFields = Math.max(_tabIndexMaxTagsFields, tabindex);
 				break;
@@ -914,13 +918,22 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 				break;
 		}
 		
-		// Display the SQL date as a tooltip for date fields
-		var fieldID = Zotero.ItemFields.getID(fieldName);
-		if (fieldID && Zotero.ItemFields.isFieldOfBase(fieldID, 'date')) {
-			valueElement.setAttribute('tooltiptext',
-				Zotero.Date.multipartToSQL(_itemBeingEdited.getField(fieldName, true)));
+		if (fieldID) {
+			// Display the SQL date as a tooltip for date fields
+			if (Zotero.ItemFields.isFieldOfBase(fieldID, 'date')) {
+				valueElement.setAttribute('tooltiptext',
+					Zotero.Date.multipartToSQL(_itemBeingEdited.getField(fieldName, true)));
+			}
+			
+			// Display a context menu for certain fields
+			if (fieldName == 'seriesTitle' || fieldName == 'shortTitle' ||
+					Zotero.ItemFields.isFieldOfBase(fieldID, 'title') ||
+					Zotero.ItemFields.isFieldOfBase(fieldID, 'publicationTitle')) {
+				valueElement.setAttribute('contextmenu', 'zotero-field-menu');
+			}
 		}
 		
+		
 		if (fieldName.indexOf('firstName')!=-1){
 			valueElement.setAttribute('flex', '1');
 		}
@@ -1081,6 +1094,8 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 		
 		_tabDirection = false;
 		_lastTabIndex = tabindex;
+		
+		return t;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -1356,8 +1371,9 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 				}
 			}
 			
-			if(saveChanges)
-				modifyField(fieldName,value);
+			if (saveChanges) {
+				_modifyField(fieldName,value);
+			}
 			
 			elem = createValueElement(_itemBeingEdited.getField(fieldName), fieldName, tabindex);
 		}
@@ -1376,12 +1392,13 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 		}
 	}
 	
-	function modifyField(field, value)
+	function _modifyField(field, value)
 	{
 		_itemBeingEdited.setField(field,value);
 		return _itemBeingEdited.save();
 	}
 	
+	
 	function _getFieldValue(field)
 	{
 		return field.firstChild
@@ -1400,6 +1417,26 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 		}
 	}
 	
+	
+	// TODO: work with textboxes too
+	function textTransform(label, mode) {
+		var val = _getFieldValue(label);
+		switch (mode) {
+			case 'lower':
+				var newVal = val.toLowerCase();
+				break;
+			case 'title':
+				var utils = new Zotero.Utilities();
+				var newVal = utils.capitalizeTitle(val.toLowerCase(), true);
+				break;
+			default:
+				throw ("Invalid transform mode '" + mode + "' in ZoteroItemPane.textTransform()");
+		}
+		_setFieldValue(label, newVal);
+		_modifyField(label.getAttribute('fieldname'), newVal);
+	}
+	
+	
 	function getCreatorFields(row){
 		var typeID = row.getElementsByTagName('toolbarbutton')[0].getAttribute('typeid');
 		var label1 = row.getElementsByTagName('hbox')[0].firstChild.firstChild;
@@ -1464,6 +1501,7 @@ var ZoteroItemPane = new function()
 		_itemBeingEdited.save();
 	}
 	
+	
 	function removeNote(id)
 	{
 		var note = Zotero.Items.get(id);
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.xul
index 2db73cafe..96fbea024 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/itemPane.xul
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
 							document.popupNode.setAttribute('typeid', typeID);
 							ZoteroItemPane.modifyCreator(document.popupNode.getAttribute('fieldname').split('-')[1],
 								'typeID', typeID, otherFields)"/>
+					<popup id="zotero-field-menu">
+						<menu label="&zotero.item.textTransform;">
+							<menupopup>
+								<menuitem label="&zotero.item.textTransform.lowercase;" class="menuitem-non-iconic"
+									oncommand="ZoteroItemPane.textTransform(document.popupNode, 'lower')"/>
+								<menuitem label="&zotero.item.textTransform.titlecase;" class="menuitem-non-iconic"
+									oncommand="ZoteroItemPane.textTransform(document.popupNode, 'title')"/>
+							</menupopup>
+						</menu>
+					</popup>
 				</popupset>
 				<hbox id="zotero-editpane-go-buttons" align="center">
 					<button id="zotero-go-to-url"
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data_access.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data_access.js
index fb37106fb..3c58ae4c4 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data_access.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data_access.js
@@ -4255,10 +4255,12 @@ Zotero.ItemFields = new function(){
 	}
 	
 	
-	function getLocalizedString(itemTypeID, field) {
+	function getLocalizedString(itemType, field) {
+		// unused currently
+		//var typeName = Zotero.ItemTypes.getName(itemType);
 		var fieldName = this.getName(field);
 		
-		// Fields in items are special cases
+		// Fields in the items table are special cases
 		switch (field) {
 			case 'dateAdded':
 			case 'dateModified':
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
index 1d88b6495..072905ecb 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
@@ -304,13 +304,21 @@ Zotero.Utilities.prototype.getLocalizedCreatorType = function(type) {
 
 /*
  * Cleans a title, capitalizing the proper words and replacing " :" with ":"
+ *
+ * Follows capitalizeTitles pref, unless |force| is true
  */
 Zotero.Utilities.capitalizeSkipWords = ["but", "or", "yet", "so", "for", "and",
 "nor", "a", "an", "the", "at", "by", "from", "in", "into", "of", "on", "to",
 "with", "up", "down"];
-Zotero.Utilities.prototype.capitalizeTitle = function(title) {
+Zotero.Utilities.prototype.capitalizeTitle = function(title, force) {
+	if (!Zotero.Prefs.get('capitalizeTitles') && !force) {
+		return title;
+	}
 	title = this.cleanString(title);
-	title = title.replace(/ : /g, ": ");	
+	if (!title) {
+		return '';
+	}
+	title = title.replace(/ : /g, ": ");
 	var words = title.split(" ");
 	
 	// always capitalize first
@@ -444,6 +452,7 @@ Zotero.Utilities.Ingester.prototype.parseContextObject = function(co, item) {
 	return Zotero.OpenURL.parseContextObject(co, item);
 }
 
+
 // Ingester adapters for Zotero.Utilities.HTTP to handle proxies
 
 Zotero.Utilities.Ingester.prototype.loadDocument = function(url, succeeded, failed) {
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd
index aced82d70..c9bc71fa5 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.dtd
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 
 <!ENTITY zotero.item.add								"Add">
 <!ENTITY zotero.item.attachment.file.show				"Show File">
+<!ENTITY zotero.item.textTransform						"Transform Text">
+<!ENTITY zotero.item.textTransform.lowercase			"lower case">
+<!ENTITY zotero.item.textTransform.titlecase			"Title Case">
 
 <!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.note.standalone				"New Standalone Note">
 <!ENTITY zotero.toolbar.attachment.linked				"Link to File...">
diff --git a/defaults/preferences/zotero.js b/defaults/preferences/zotero.js
index 787874cd6..ebc9d2258 100644
--- a/defaults/preferences/zotero.js
+++ b/defaults/preferences/zotero.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pref("extensions.zotero.automaticTags",true);
 pref("extensions.zotero.fontSize", "1.0");
 pref("extensions.zotero.recursiveCollections", false);
 pref("extensions.zotero.attachmentRenameFormatString", '{%c - }{%y - }{%t{50}}');
+pref("extensions.zotero.capitalizeTitles", false);
 
 pref("extensions.zotero.lastCreatorFieldMode",0);
 pref("extensions.zotero.lastAbstractExpand",0);