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period inserting itself into text randomy

My MacBook Air is automatically inserting periods throughout text, email, documents, everything. I am not pressing down on the space bar too. Please advise if. (example of automatic. period) there is a way to remove the period - thank you.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 9, 2020 7:35 AM

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Posted on Sep 9, 2020 7:40 AM

Hello,

  1. Go to the  Apple menu and choose 'System Preferences'
  2. Select the “Keyboard” preference panel, then choose the “Text” tab.
  3. Locate the setting for “Add period with double-space” and toggle the checkbox to the OFF position.
  4. Exit System Preferences.


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period inserting itself into text randomy

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