Autocapitalization of first letter of a sentence

After updating to mavericks and updating "pages", the latter is not autocapitalizing the first letter of a sentence. I searched in the settings but what used to work in the previous versions of Pages doesn't anymore. Settings have been relocated...
Please help

I just opened a document on Pages 5.0. Auto correction is GONE!. While I really like the new interface, I spent years customizing Pages using auto-correction. It won't even capitalize the first word in sentences. Very frustrating.

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this is my first time using apple Support Community. i am a new apple user and have just got my first MacBookPro (its wonderful). however, i am having some difficulties.
How can i get Mail to capitalize the first letter of a sentence and also capitalize 'i' as 'I' automatically?
Also, how can i get apps like Pages to do the same? and for that matter typing into internet sites like this one? look at the lack of automatic punctuation!!
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I don't think whether it's easier or not is really an issue. The problem is that all of these wonderful technologies are taking away our understanding of how to communicate in writing. It's not a matter of being lazy and not "wanting" to do it, but rather getting to a point where many people "can't" do it.
I certainly wasn't pointing any fingers. I use a calculator (or computer if I happen to be on one at the time) to do the most basic math calculations. I can be out to lunch with co-workers and we have to pull out a calculator to split a bill 4 ways. I went through school at a time when calculators were not permitted. So, at one time, I could have easily done all of that stuff in my head. So far as math goes, my mind has turned to mush a long time ago. I doubt I could work my way through a long division problem at this point... even if I sat there and really tried.
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We guess you are talking about Pages 5. You didn't say.
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Hi thank you you for contacting Apple
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Hi,
Sorry for the delay.
I was hooked up doing something else yesterday and when I got free the Apple Site was showing me the "we'll be Back" Picture.
I do think that an update is the cause.
At the Launch of Mavericks the file structure that Messages as a Sandboxed app uses was changes.
In Mountain Lion and Messages 7 the Archive of all Saved chats and the iMessages Chat.db were held in ~/Library/Messages
In Mavericks it is ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ichat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive for the Saved chats
The Chat.db file is still in ~/Library/Messages but it seems to be been recreated afresh for that update.
As iMessages can be picked up about 2 days or so after they are Sent you may find you have managed to get some older ones to "sync" to the Mac.
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That depends on the program. MS Word should provide that function, of course, as does Pages. In programs like Mail and TextEdit, that is not an option.

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Pages 5 is missing 100 features and is quite buggy. IMHO it is really an unanounced beta version.
Pages '09 is superior in almost every area, with only a few minor exceptions.
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Yesterday, I upgraded my operating system and pages on my Mac. However, I can't capitalize the first letter after every sentence. Can you please help me with this problem of mine?
Thank you,
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