How do I turn off automatic periods in Pages 14?

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How do I turn off automatic periods in Pages 14?

When I am typing in Pages it automatically replaces 2 spaces with a period and 1 space. I specifically want 2 spaces. I find myself wasting time going back thru my document replacing periods.

How do I turn off this BUG. (it is not a feature because it does not help me)

I have:

--looked in System Settings--Keyboard and there is nothing there. In fact I removed the only text substitution that was there.

-- Turned off a bunch of stuff in Pages settings. (see image)

HELP!

Thanks

John

MacBook Air, macOS 14.6

Posted on Aug 27, 2024 9:38 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 27, 2024 10:41 AM in response to John Boyarsky1

Save your work and quit Pages. Then, in System settings > Keyboard > Input Sources [Edit], disable the setting Add period with double-space.

I have never enabled this in Sonoma and it should not be enabled by default. Pages reads that setting (which is why I had you quit Pages), and upon relaunching Pages, you will have corrected the end of a sentence, with double space being replaced by a period and a single space.

Tested: Pages v14.1, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1

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Answer 2

Aug 27, 2024 11:23 AM in response to John Boyarsky1

John Boyarsky1 wrote:

Thannk You Thank You!

Why is it buried soooo deeply? and why isn;t it in the Pages help.

Only the Pages product team understands the why of where these settings reside and no Apple employees are participating in these public communities.

Thanks!

You are welcome.

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Answer 3

Aug 27, 2024 11:11 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thannk You Thank You!

Why is it buried soooo deeply? and why isn;t it in the Pages help.

Thanks!

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