how do I capitalize the letter i without using the shift key

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how do I capitalize the letter i without using the shift key

It seems as though i can no longer have the lower case i become the upper case I just by typing i then hitting the space space bar. I am using Pages Version 5.2

(the freebie download). It seems like that was always the case in the old(?) version of Pages 9. It also no longer will capitalize the first letter of a new sentence without me having to use the shift key. The version of pages I am using has icon image of a piece of paper with pen across it versus the old on of the fountain pen and ink well. Don't know if I inadvertently changed some setting or if this new and improved version has done away with these features. I tried using the Keyboard in System Preferences and the Text option but it requires at least a two character input to make a change. i, is just one letter short.

I'd like to get this corrected if possible. Just can't figure out what I've done wrong, if anything. Can't find it in the online manual or any other source that purports to to be knowledgeable.

Using a macBook Pro 15" Retina, Mavericks OSX Version 10.9.3, and the "new" downloaded Pages Version5.2. I am just about ready to take these great new Apps in iWork and put them all in the trash and secure empty it.

That's my tale of woe. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill A

Posted on Jun 23, 2014 11:37 AM

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FoxFifth

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Jun 23, 2014 1:31 PM in response to wca104

The prior major version of Pages had a Preferences setting for Auto-correction that did what you want. You likely still have the old version of Pages in your Applications folder and many users are continuing to use that due to the many things that were lost in the current version. I tried to stay with Pages but finally gave up and went to Open Office (free) instead.

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wca104 Author

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Jun 23, 2014 1:40 PM in response to FoxFifth

I thought that might be the case. Thanks for taking the time to read lament. I'll probably go with MS Office. Too bad Apple got this so screwed up. Guess you get what you pay for. And in this case it was free, with a really high price attached. A great program lost.

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FoxFifth

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Jun 23, 2014 1:45 PM in response to wca104

If you thought you would be able to do what you need to do using Pages, you may be very happy with either https://www.openoffice.org or http://www.libreoffice.org as they are much closer to MS Office than Pages. They are completely free and very capable and very similar to MS Office.

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wca104 Author

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Jun 23, 2014 1:52 PM in response to FoxFifth

I'll give 'em a try. Thanks

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Jun 23, 2014 3:48 PM in response to wca104

I think you will find that LibreOffice has the more aggressive product update schedule, and with more document support than OpenOffice. MS Visio, Publisher, Word Perfect, AppleWorks, and (cough) Apple keynote in addition to every meaningful MS Office release through 2013.

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