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Autocorrect

Pagehand can replace text as you type. For example, if you type “teh” Pagehand can correct it to “the”.

You manage autocorrect settings using the Correct & Replace tab of Preferences. Pagehand provides five kinds of autocorrection: multiple spaces, dashes, capitalization, ordinals, and text replacement.

To disallow typing more than one space at a time:

  • Check the box labeled Disallow multiple spaces.

To convert two hyphens to an en dash and three hyphens to an em dash:

  • Check the box labeled Convert -- and --- to en and em dashes.

Pagehand can fix common capitalization errors, such as starting a sentence with a lowercase letter or typing july and Http instead of July and http.

To correct capitalization errors as you type:

  • Check the box labeled Fix capitalization.

Pagehand can apply superscript formatting to ordinals, such as 1st and 3rd. Whether this improves their appearance is a matter of taste.

To format ordinals with superscripts:

  • Check the box labeled Convert 1st to 1st, etc.

You can designate text strings to be replaced as you type. Typically you use this feature to correct common typing mistakes or to insert frequently used strings.

In addition to specifying the original and replacement strings, Pagehand allows you to specify whether the original string is case sensitive, and whether the replacement string should try to match the case of the replaced string.

For example, if you want to replace teh with the, you probably want to catch instances of TEH and Teh as well, so you would not want the original string (teh) to be case-sensitive. On the other hand, you do not want to replace Teh with the, so you would want the replacement to use the original case if possible, producing The.

You can enable or disable all text replacements, and you can enable or disable individual text replacements.

To enable or disable all text replacements:

  • Check or uncheck the box labeled Automatically replace text.

To enable or disable a specific text replacement:

  • In the replacements table, check or uncheck the box labeled On.

To add a replacement to the replacements table:

  • 1. Click the Plus button below the replacements table. A new replacement is added and selected.
  • 2. Edit the values for the new replacement.

To remove a replacement from the replacements table:

  • 1. Click on the replacement to select it.
  • 2. Click the Minus button button below the replacements table.

To edit an original or replacement string:

  • Double-click the string.