Can I customize the Spell Checker?

I am new to Pages coming from Office...
In Office, I can customize the Spell Checker to do many things. It will let me have it "auto-correct" any misspellings I commonly make... like if I type "dont" it will automatically change it to "don't".
Does the Mac let you customize the spell checker?

Neighborhood Office wrote:
In Office, I can customize the Spell Checker to do many things. It will let me have it "auto-correct" any misspellings I commonly make... like if I type "dont" it will automatically change it to "don't".
Does the Mac let you customize the spell checker?
Launch Pages.
Go to the Pages menu then:
Preferences > Auto-correction
Check the Symbol and text substitution checkbox, then check any substitutions you want made and uncheck any you don't want Pages to do for you. You can add other errors you commonly make and their corrections using the + button below the list.
Auto - Correction is discussed on page 113 of the Pages '09 User Guide, a pdf document that you can download using the link in Pages's Help menu. Searchable, generally well written, and loaded with excellent information, it's highly recommended for anyone new to Pages.
Regards,
Barry

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