IBooks author corrections contractions incorrectly

I recently started using iBooks Author and like the program but I'm having some trouble with the auto corrections it makes.  I want to leave autocorrect on as it corrects things I commonly mistype like hte instead of the, etc.  The problem I'm having is with contractions.  When I type "couldn't", it corrects to "could't" and corrects "hadn't" to "hand't".  What gives?  Anyone have suggestions on how to fix this??

Try using iBA > Preferences > Autocorrection > Symbol and Text Substitution to change could't to couldn't and hand't to hadn't and hans't to hasn't.
An old bug carried over from Pages:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2796179?start=30&tstart=0

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