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andy-hughes | 21:52 Wed 26th Sep 2018 | Technology
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When I type the name of an AB'er - Retrocop - in correspondence, my auto-correct turns it into 'Retrocopy' and I don't always spot it before submitting.

Is there a way of telling my computer not to pick this up as an error and correct it?

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As it happens, retrocopy *is* a word -- used in genetics -- but, leaving that issue aside, the solution is simple. Right-click on the word, and click on "stop correcting retrocop", and it will never correct it again. Or you could switch to Google Chrome, Firefox, or even Opera.
22:10 Wed 26th Sep 2018
oh dear.
When typing a long answer it's a good idea to copy it in case something goes wrong when submitting.
Why close it Andy?
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Ummm, you'd have to ask whomever closed - it wasn't me!!
Maybe cus you spell it pooota eh?
.add the spelling you want to the dictionary. I have half of AB in mine
The A or the B?
Why would a moderator end this thread on the first page ? Chris had to re-open it.
andy-hughes probably changed his PC/OS/browser and ended up on that new browser during retrocop's suspension. So when retrocop returned, giving andy-hughes reason to start typing his name again, the problem showed up because the auto-correction of retrocop to retrocopy is built in to Microsoft Edge - I just checked. Figuring out this probable cause is hardly top detective work.

I imagine the thread was closed because of the direction it was taking even after the question, in Technology, had been fully, completely and correctly answered by jim360.
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Ellipsis - You are absolutely correct - I terms of my change of PC, and the direction of the thread.

I now have my answer - my question has been vindicated, and hopefully everyone can move on.

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