Tabbing and AutoCorrect in Pages

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Tabbing and AutoCorrect in Pages

Is there a way to use autocorrect in Pages? I am a veteran of Word. In Word I can tab through my texts and easily add entries to the Word autocorrect. But the spelling tool in Pages only highlights the misspelled words. I then have to manually go through the document and tediously correct every misspelling It would be so much easier if I could tab through the text from one misspelling to the next and add them to autocorrect. Is that possible?

I am in Pages v. 12.1 (7034.0.86).

Mac mini, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 5, 2022 1:34 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Aug 5, 2022 4:01 PM in response to R_55a

No. Pages is not a Word clone and behaves in an Apple unique way… Any typing when misspelled text is selected will replace the text with what you typed. All you can do is type ⌘; to advance to the next misspelled word where a right-click enables you to take action on that individual misspelling.

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R_55a Author

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Aug 6, 2022 7:56 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thx. I'll try it. Having grown up with the single-button Apple mouse, even now, all these years later, I am still trying to get used to the concept of "right click."

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Answer 3

VikingOSX

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Aug 6, 2022 8:11 AM in response to R_55a

If you have an Apple Magic Mouse, you can configure the second button in System Preferences > Mouse preferences > Secondary Click so a right-press on the mouse opens the secondary menu.

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