# Automatic Capitalization **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for macOS\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [November 27, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575 "2017-11-27T14:38:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![driver49](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/driver49/32/22532_2.png) [@driver49](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/driver49)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575/1 "2017-11-27T14:38:43Z")
I’m getting a little tired of hunting through the new Preferences panel to find this stuff. So far this morning I’ve spent more time trying to get S3 to behave than I have actually writing… The latest wrinkle? Automatic capitalization. Sometimes I will type a period, or an ellipsis (which Scrivener seems to think is a period) and the next character is capitalized, per screenshot attached. There is no way to defeat this automatic capitalization, a period will be followed by a capital letter every time. How do I turn that off. I will decide when I want a letter to be capitalized. Thanks, –PS ![Screen Shot 2017-11-27 at 8.35.21 AM.png](https://dev.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3df92e1a2584043080400b7570056b681e98c45d.png) ---
**Author:** ![Bridey](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/bridey/32/197_2.png) [@Bridey](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Bridey)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575/2 "2017-11-27T15:23:55Z")
Scrivener \> Preferences \> Corrections \> Auto-Correction \> [Various Options] ![Corrections.jpg](https://dev.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1a1c5ec8aaa312305973e3bc4457d8e03441cfb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![driver49](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/driver49/32/22532_2.png) [@driver49](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/driver49)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575/3 "2017-11-27T17:59:00Z")
The Corrections panel. Of course. Duh. Thanks, –PS ---
**Author:** ![jeffnesh](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c4cdca/32.png) [@jeffnesh](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/jeffnesh)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575/4 "2017-11-28T17:25:41Z")
However… a related issue. When _I_ finally found that, and I unchecked “Fix capitalization of sentences”, it STILL auto-capitalizes the first letter on a new line (paragraph). I write poems. When I hit return to start a new line, it auto capitalizes, even though I have not hit shift, and my “Fix capitalization” is unchecked. The only way to get it to work correctly is to turn off all the auto-correct functions, not just capitalization. Is this a bug, or just a quirk? ---
**Author:** ![Bridey](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/bridey/32/197_2.png) [@Bridey](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Bridey)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575/5 "2017-11-28T18:06:36Z")
> [@jeffnesh](#): > > However… a related issue. When _I_ finally found that, and I unchecked “Fix capitalization of sentences”, it STILL auto-capitalizes the first letter on a new line (paragraph). > > I write poems. When I hit return to start a new line, it auto capitalizes, even though I have not hit shift, and my “Fix capitalization” is unchecked. > > The only way to get it to work correctly is to turn off all the auto-correct functions, not just capitalization. > > Is this a bug, or just a quirk? Probably the macOS system setting… ![System Preferences.jpg](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/efbbb772c21ba4e6899c88d921027e35d431f684.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mschanuel1](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/mschanuel1/32/18604_2.png) [@mschanuel1](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/mschanuel1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/automatic-capitalization/38575/6 "2021-10-30T05:14:16Z")
Yes, it’s a Mac Preferences issue. Go to Mac System Preferences/Keyboard/Text, then uncheck Capitalize Words Automatically and Add Period with Double-Space.