How do I turn off auto fill when typing text?

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How do I turn off auto fill when typing text?

When I type something, Pages automatically suggests a sentence that is similar. This tends to slow down the typing. I just want to be able to type without suggestions. How do I turn this feature off?

Thanks,

Chris

MacBook 2.2 White, Mac OS X (10.5.1), eMac

Posted on Jan 13, 2008 4:56 AM

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Answer 1

DennisG

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Jan 13, 2008 9:14 AM in response to Chris Goddu

Chris,

Usually, 3rd-part apps that do auto-completion put an icon up near the date in the upper right corner of your screen. You can click on the icon and get a menu. Do you, by any chance, have Spell Catcher installed?

-Dennis

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jan 13, 2008 6:55 AM in response to Chris Goddu

Hello

go to Preferences and check if text substitution is checked in the Auto-Correction tab.

Maybe there is a third party tool installed running an auto-completion feture.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 13 janvier 2008 15:52:50)

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Chris Goddu Author

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Jan 13, 2008 8:51 AM in response to KOENIG Yvan

Thanks. I looked and text substitution is not checked. How would I figure out if a third party app is doing this?

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Chris Goddu Author

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Jan 13, 2008 10:50 AM in response to DennisG

I don't think I have any third party apps installed. Could it be that I am typing in a table cell and if I just typed in a regular word processing environment this would not happen?

Thanks for the help.

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Answer 5

DennisG

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Jan 13, 2008 10:55 AM in response to Chris Goddu

Chris,

Typing in a table cell would have been good info to know up front. What are you trying to type, and what is it expanding to?

-Dennis

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Chris Goddu Author

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Jan 13, 2008 11:41 AM in response to DennisG

Sorry, I realized that fact when I went back and looked at the document.

I am taking notes on a trial transcript. If I type something like:

Jones said he ...

and then in the next cell type ... Jones then Jones said he comes up and I can just press enter to get the rest or type something different to eliminate the blue fill in stuff.

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Answer 7

DennisG

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Jan 13, 2008 12:18 PM in response to Chris Goddu

Chris,

It took me a while to figure this one out, but I think I got it. Open up Preferences > General > UNcheck Show Auto-Completion List.

I have no idea what the auto-completion list is, but unchecking it seems to eliminate the problem you're talking about.

-Dennis

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Answer 8

KOENIG Yvan

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Jan 13, 2008 12:58 PM in response to DennisG

Hello Dennis

It's a feature dedicated to Tables.
If you type "discussions" in a cell
move down one row
then type "dis" in an other cell it will automatically complete as "discussion"
edit to "disabled"
move down and type "dis"
you will be offered a list containing "discussions" and "disabled"

I didn't wrote about this feature because it is dedicated to tables and doesn't apply to current text.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 13 janvier 2008 21:58:2)

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