Many thanks, Hamid. Always so helpful. jem c. [log in to unmask] ------------------------ On 07.08.13, at 09.38, Hamid Haji <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 7 Aug 2013, at 02:29, Þorvarður Davíðsson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > [...] >> I tested Pages, and it is like you said, it doesn’t work. Strange. >> >> I wonder, what is this feature for, if it doesn’t even work in Pages, that is owned by Apple?? >> > > [...] > > An application must have, under Edit, a Substitutions:Text Replacement submenu (and it must be checked) for the text substitutions listed in System Preferences:Language & Text:Text to work. > > NWP does not use this System feature and, therefore, does not have Edit:Substitutions:Text Replacement menu. > > Pages has its own independent substitution feature which has all the default text replacements found in System Preferences repeated in its Preferences>Auto-Correction Preferences. The ‘Symbol and text substitution’ box must be checked. > > Hamid >