How do I turn on autofill/autocomplete in Pages 5.0?

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How do I turn on autofill/autocomplete in Pages 5.0?

I find the autofill/autocomplete feature in the tables very useful for when I'm filling out my forms for work. But ever since I updated to Pages 5.0 I can't seem to get the autofill to work in my tables any more. I don't want to simply copy and paste as the data is different from row to row, sometimes it is dates, other times it is text. It used to save me a lot of time when I'd be updating the information and now I have to type every single one by hand. 😟

I searched around and the only option was from Pages '08 > Preferences > General > Tables > Check-box for "Show auto-completion list" but all I can see under Preferences is General and Rulers. No options for selecting tables or autocomplete.

If anyone can help that would be great!

Thanks

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 20, 2013 11:46 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 20, 2013 2:48 PM in response to Richard Hang Hong

The substitution is now in System Preferences > Keyboard > Text

Peter

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Answer 2

Jan 20, 2014 12:10 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Hi Peter

Where in the System Preferences > Keyboard > Text does it give the option for auto-complete?

All I can see is this:

This is fine for when writing normally, but the issue I'm having is not being able to autocomplete in table cells when using Pages 5.0

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Answer 3

Jan 20, 2014 3:07 PM in response to Richard Hang Hong

Sorry I missed that it was for Tables.

Set a pattern in adjacent cells eg a number sequence, alphabetic sequence, days, months etc

Then select at least two cells and a small dot appears in the centre of the right hand cell edge if horizontal selection, and centre bottom edge if a vertical selection.

Drag that small dot out to extend the sequence. If there is no difference, then the cell repeats.

Peter

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