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Neither autocorrect or hyphenation working in Pages 7.0.1

I am using Pages Version 7.0.1 under High Sierra. I have selected autocorrect in Page Preferences, but it does not work. No underlining of misspelled words. I am able to use the search for misspelled words. Also, hyphenation does not work. I have de-selected Remove Paragraph Hyphenation in the Text>More panel, but no words are hyphenated. Are these problems related? How do I fix them?

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12.3), Pages '09

Posted on May 17, 2018 8:34 AM

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Posted on May 17, 2018 9:02 AM

Visit the Pages 7.0.1 Edit menu : Spelling and Grammar, and check one or more of the following on the sub-menu:

  • Check Spelling While Typing
  • Check Grammar With Spelling
  • Correct Spelling Automatically


Then, in Edit menu : Substitutions, check at least the following in the sub-menu:

Text Replacement


In addition to having the Pages Preferences : Auto-Correct panel's Symbol and text substition selected.


To enable hyphenation, you must visit the Document panel, and select Hyphenation.


And finally, Pages 7.0.1 may also take hints from System Preferences : Keyboard : Text panel items:

  • Correct spelling automatically
  • Spelling: Automatically by Language
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May 17, 2018 9:02 AM in response to Peter Weisz1

Visit the Pages 7.0.1 Edit menu : Spelling and Grammar, and check one or more of the following on the sub-menu:

  • Check Spelling While Typing
  • Check Grammar With Spelling
  • Correct Spelling Automatically


Then, in Edit menu : Substitutions, check at least the following in the sub-menu:

Text Replacement


In addition to having the Pages Preferences : Auto-Correct panel's Symbol and text substition selected.


To enable hyphenation, you must visit the Document panel, and select Hyphenation.


And finally, Pages 7.0.1 may also take hints from System Preferences : Keyboard : Text panel items:

  • Correct spelling automatically
  • Spelling: Automatically by Language

Neither autocorrect or hyphenation working in Pages 7.0.1

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