Pages User Guide for iPad
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Replace text automatically in Pages on iPad
You can set Pages to automatically replace certain text with text that you specify. For example, you can have Pages replace teh with the or (c) with © as you type.
These text shortcuts apply only to Pages documents.
Use a shortcut to enter text
With a text shortcut, you can type a few characters and have Pages automatically replace them with the full text. For example, you could create a shortcut that lets you type por so that plan of record is entered automatically.
Tap
, tap Settings, then tap Auto-Correction.Turn on Text Replacement.
Tap Replacements List, then tap
.In the Phrase field, type the word or phrase exactly as you want it to appear in documents.
In the Shortcut field, type the letters or characters you want to type in place of the entire phrase.
Tap Save.
If you don’t see Save, the shortcut isn’t unique enough and would likely cause unintended replacements. Try a different combination of characters.
Tap outside the controls to close them.
To test the result, type the shortcut you specified, then tap the Space bar.
Shortcuts are available in all of your Pages documents when text replacement is on.
Remove a shortcut from the replacements list
Tap
, tap Settings, then tap Auto-Correction.Tap Replacements List, then tap Edit.
Tap
next to the shortcut, then tap Delete.Tap the document to close the controls.
Turn off text replacement
If you don’t want to use text replacement for a document, or for specific text, you can turn it off without losing the shortcuts in the replacements list.
Tap
, tap Settings, then tap Auto-Correction.Turn off Text Replacement.
The text replacement setting applies to all of your Pages documents, so if you turn it off in one document, it’s also turned off for other documents.
Note: When you turn off text replacement in Pages, any text replacements set up in Settings on your device still apply to Pages.