Pages useless without auto correct.

I use Word to compose office reports, use over 1000 autocorrect abbreviations,
long medical terms. Pages useless for this without it.

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Spell-check without auto-correction? Why not?

Why can't we choose spell-check without auto-correction?

Steven,
As I typed that Reply, your Spellcheck thread (for the forums), came immediately to mind.
That was one of the prime motivators in wanting a dictionary, that could be customized.
Over the years, I have migrated my WordPerfection dictionary through several versions, 'cause I have added a ton of wine, food, video and photo terms, and would hate to have to redo all of those, especially the ones using multi-national characters.
Yeah, maybe inclusion of "Photoshop," "Premiere," "InDesign," etc., etc., would be expected, or at least hoped for.
Hunt

Pages won't auto-correct in another language than english ?

Alright, i have pages and i just wrote a text and want it to correct it in french. I changed everything that was international to french. All the menus Everything is in french even when i right click on the word i wan to correct, i get the menu in french, its only when I want to correct the word, it only gives me a possible correction in english.
Does anyone know why ?

Is Inspector > Text > More > Language is also on French?

Why pages doesn´t auto correct

Hi. Dispite I have the lenguage selected in the inspector box, the auto corrector doesn't work. Can anybody help me?

Is Inspector > Text > More > Language is also on French?

Undo auto-correction for typing particular words into Pages

This is starting to drive me nuts - whenever I type the word "march" Pages automatically capitalizes it to "March". Is there any way to stop it from capitalizing this word without turning off auto capitalizing?
I realise it may sound trivial but I am using this word a fair bit and it just takes up time having to constantly go back and correct it, then I have to be careful not to change the sentence or it auto-corrects back again.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

(K_Gal: This primarily addresses RHPC's issue, but does include some comments regarding yours)
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RHPC:
Yours is a different issue than that described in the initial post in this thread.
Pages has several auto-correction features, all set in the auto-correction pane of Pages Preferences. The two indicated by the arrows are the significant ones in this thread as started and in your hijack of this thread.
Fix capitalization (blue arrow) applies a format (CAPITAL or UPPER) to the initial letters of 'sentences' and words identified as 'proper nouns' (such as "March") in the spelling dictionary. It performs no action on 'words' that have been typed with initial capitals.
In the examples above, the first two lines were typed with 'Fix capitalization' unchecked. The second pair of lines were typed using exactly the same keystrokes as the first, but with 'Fix capitalization' checked. Note that both occurrences of 'will' are the same in each set.
"Automatically use spell checker suggestions" (red arrow) does precisely what it says: If a 'word' is not found in the spelling dictionary, the spell checker will make a 'best guess' and suggest that as a possible replacement. If the 'Automatically use…" box is checked, then Pages will immediately accept the first suggestion, replacing the 'questionable word' with the spell checkers first ('best') suggestion.
There are at least two solutions to this issue:
Uncheck the box and don't use auto-correction. (works for either of these issues)
Teach the spellchecker the correct spelling of the Polish name. (does not work in the case of march/March, which is part of the base dictionary)
To do this:
Go Pages (menu) > Preferences... Auto-Correction
Uncheck the "Automatically use…" box.
Close Preferences
Open a new Pages word processing document.
Type the Polish name.
Ensure that the spelling and capitalization is correct.
Right click on the name and choose Learn Spelling.
Go Pages > Preferences… Auto-Correction
Recheck the "Automatically use…" box
Close Preferences.
Done.
Pages (and other applications using the system's spell checker dictionary) will now recognize the spelling of this name and will not 'correct' it.
(K_Gal: Unfortunately, when I tried this on "march" the contextual menu did not include the Learn Spelling option , probably because the dictionary already 'knew' how to spell "March". I'd suggest using the Provide Pages Feedback item in the Pages message to report this to apple, and request a feature enhancement to the Fix capitalization feature.)
Regards,
Barry

How do I turn auto-correct off and still have a spell check?

How do I turn auto-correct off and still have a spell check?

I do not believe this.. you can not disable auto correct without disabling the spell checker.. I am struck dumb by this.. I recently bought a mac for the first time.. ive always used windows.. there are more thngs like this than i expected.. I actually find this so ignorant I am lost for words.. this auto correct is a nightmare for me.. and has already caused me a lot of trouble because I have sent emails where words have been changed and i didnt notice and I have unknowingly insulted people.. i use a regular spell checker quite often but apparently I simply have no choice with safari.. oh well I am going to have to find another browser then.. goodbye safari!.. I also use a lot of shortened words and names etc etc.. like for eg I used the shortened word for problems "probs" and it changes it to "probe" and then i go back and change it back to WHAT I WANT TO SAY and it changes it AGAIN!!!!
Does anyone else feel like this is yet another example of how, more and more, we are being treated like morons?
Ok I'll try to stop ranting.. the real point is it should be possible to have a spell checker without auto correct..

Pages auto corrects words when I don't want it to and will not accept my word the way I want it spelled.

I am writng a paper and I have spelled someones name the correct way but pages keeps auto correcting it to something else. I have retyped the name over and over again but pages keeps changing it back to the word it thinks it is suppost to be. I have made sure the spelling features are all turned off. I can't figure out what to do. I am about to throw the stupid thing out the window. : )

finally figured it out nevermind.

Pages Auto Correction

Okay, I disabled everything under auto correction in the pages preferences. However, it's been bugging me to no end that whenever I type something along the lines of 1/100 it will correct it to a date of "Dec 3, 0099" and when I put down 2/4 it will automatically correct it to 1/2 when I don't WANT that. Also when I try 1/1000 it will put it to 1/999 and I cannot complete a lab report when it keeps messing with my numbers and I cannot stop it!

JackTimmer wrote:
Okay, I disabled everything under auto correction in the pages preferences. However, it's been bugging me to no end that whenever I type something along the lines of 1/100 it will correct it to a date of "Dec 3, 0099" and when I put down 2/4 it will automatically correct it to 1/2 when I don't WANT that. Also when I try 1/1000 it will put it to 1/999 and I cannot complete a lab report when it keeps messing with my numbers and I cannot stop it!
What you describe isn't the result of an auto-correction.
It's the result of the cells auto-formatting.
As it is clearly described in Numbers User Guide, when a cell is in auto-format mode, when we enter two numbers separated by a slash, the entry parser try to convert the entry as a date.
If it can't, it "reduce" the fraction which is the logical mathematical behavior.
The results are linked to the settings in use on the machine
On your machine, 1/100 become "Dec 3, 0099", I get the same behavior on my French system.
On your machine, 2/4 become 1/2. Here, I get 2 avril 2010.
On your machine, 1/1000 become 1/999. Here, I get 27 décembre 0999.
As other helpers wrote, the problem isn't an Apple's one but an user's one.
Define the cell format before entering datas and you will be able to insert what you want.
The true problem strike when the datas are stored in a Tab Separated Values text or in a CSV one.
In such case, we can't change the format before the import process.
There is a workaround : don't import the document directly.
Edit it putting a single quote in front of every value.
It's annoying for true numerical values but it's easier to switch numbers from text to numerical format than to switch dates or reduced fractions to their original state.
I will post a script to edit TSV or CSV files so that fractions remain unchanged.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 8 novembre 2010 10:02:47

How can I write in French without being auto-corrected to English?

Before moving to Canada, I was able to write in French and even had auto-correct in that language, as well as in English. I can't understand why this possibility is now disabled, Canada being - at least in theory - a bilingual country.

sansouci wrote:
I was able to write in French and even had auto-correct in that language, as well as in English. I can't understand why this possibility is now disabled
Surely you can still write in French, right?
For the spell check, go to system preferences/language & text/text/spelling and set it to French. In the Pages app, you have to do this in Inspector > Text > More > Language. In MS Office, you have to use their own settings -- check their Help.

I'm having trouble with auto-correct in Pages

I am having trouble with auto-correct spelling in Pages. I have read a past discussion of this in which I believe the last comment was made in 2012. (I have the latest Macbook Pro purchased Dec 2012 and it is totally updated.) The problem is just with one word, as far as I can tell. It seems that perhaps the older problem of contractions has been resolved except for one word: "hasn't". Auto correct insists that it should be "hans't". I follwed the suggestions offered in the previous discussion about using SYMBOL AND TEXT SUBSTITUTION to correct the word but it hasn't worked. Do I just have to live with this? Surely there is a way to fix this problem? I really like using the auto-correction and would hate to have to stop using it just for one word. Thanks in advance for your help.

It should work if you have a Symbol and Text Substitution set for hans't → hasn't. Are you sure you have this substitution checked, or Symbol and Text Substitution checked overall?

I am brand new to pages and got it when I got Mavericks. The manual says there should be an "auto correction" tab in the preferences. I don't have one. is that right?

What I am really looking to do is to turn the auto capitilization on, like it is on my iPad and iPhone. I tried the system prferences too and couldnt find anything.

I find the New Pages to be less useful, less powerful than the Pages 09 version. Auto Correction was a Big Deal in that older program. It's only flaw was that it didn't function when writing in other word-processors from Apple. For instance, if you had a boatload of entries in Pages, then went into iBooks Author, none of your carefully prepared list of auto-correct entries were available.
Apple could have done an update in a way that allowed you to blend lists, use one or the other, or start anew, according to your preference, but no, they simply blew all your hard work away and forced you to start over.
Now you can also no longer start sentences with an automatic capital letter.
This earns the Pages undevelopment team a well-deserved "*&^%$#@!!"
Where do we send the "What the heck were you thinking" trophy? 1 Infinite loop?

Turning off auto-correction in pages 5.0???

Preferences used to have an "auto-correction" section where you could change the "symbol and text substitution" settings but I cannot figure out how to do that now -- or if I even can -- and would really appreciate some help. Thanks! As a reference, here's what preferences used to look like (ignore the arrow, borrowed a screen grab from another thread):

Fruhulda, thanks for the response. I see "Language and Region" in system preferences and within that, "Keyboard" and within that, "text" but no longer see a list similar to the screen grab I included earlier -- of substitutions. For example if I don't want (c) to automatically become ©, there's nowhere to un-tick that box like before.

Spell check is too sensitive.. Is there a way to have it alert the word is misspelled without the auto-correct?

Currently you can auto-correct then check spelling or not. There needs to be an inbetween.. anyone know of anything????

Yes, go into your settings>general>keyboard the turn off Auto-Correction.

How can I turn off text auto-correct in Number IOS?

I use Numbers as a project workbook and it drives me insane I cant turn off text auto-correct. I use a bunch of abbreviations that Numbers wont allow without constantly changing to the extent that its almost useless.

Auto correct is controlled at the system, not apps, level (with a few possible exceptions, but Numbers isn't one of them).
Settings app > General > Keyboard

IMovie capture from DV tape without auto scene break

Has anyone figured out to prevent iMovie from automatically inserting scene breaks in iMovie'11.
I am importing previously edited footage for conversion. This still contains the timestamps.
After importing, iMovie automatically places each clip by time/date order in Events - which means it is jumbled up because it has previously been edited.
Basically what I want is either 1) to import as a single clip, i.e. disable auto scene break, or 2) to be able to sort clips into same time/date order that they were imported.
Cheers

iMovie will assume that anything imported in DV Stream is coming directly off a camcorder, and therefore will be sorted in chronological order.
If you still have access to the software where you created these movies, you can share them out in something other than DV Stream.
For example, if you have iMovie 06, you can import it without auto scene breaks. Then Export Using QuickTime to an mov container in the DV codec. That will produce an mov file that iMOvie 11 will import in the correct order.

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