Auto-Correction Removal

[andy-hughes]

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?

[naomi24]

I don't know the answer but I can't imagine why your computer would replace a typo with a non-existent word. Very strange.

[douglas9401]

//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?//

No.

Well, yes, use a browser without autocorrect.

[Ellipsis]

What computer and browser do you use?

[naomi24]

Why would a computer replace a typo with a word that doesn't exist? That's some dictionary it depends upon.

[andy-hughes]

Ellipsis - // What computer and browser do you use? //

Thank you - a sensible response at last.

I am using Windows 10, and Microsoft Edge.

I have no idea why the autocorrect behaves as it does, but I am sure you can believe me when I say that it does - not having the need to make a paranoid snipe on behalf of someone else about a simple but annoying glitch in a programme.

[naomi24]

It's a ... mystery.

[jim360]

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.

[douglas9401]

I'm thtill thearching for a clue.....

[Jackdaw33]

I have never understood the need for auto-correct or predictive text. If you type what you mean to type and it corrects it to what it thinks it should be you just have the bother of undoing the correction.

[ummmm]

Naomi - Retrocop isn't a word so it would only take Andy to type it wrong once for the computer to remember it.

[retrocop]

Lol

[andy-hughes]

jim - // 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. //

Many thanks for your assistance.

[retrocop]

"Naomi - Retrocop isn't a word so it would only take Andy to type it wrong once for the computer to remember it."


Well aint that odd ummmm. Cos andy had no problem getting my username correct before I was reinstated? :-) Hey Ho . Forget it.

[Buenchico]

A fellow moderator has just closed this thread, right at the point that I clicked on 'Answer Now' to provide an answer to the original question (meaning that, after re-opening the thread, I've got to type my answer out again - grrr!)

Oh well, let's have another go . . .

Press the Windows key and R together.

Type, or copy & paste, the following into the box:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Spelling

Click 'OK'

Double-click the language folder you use. (It will be something like 'en-GB').

Double-click 'default.dic' to open that file in Notepad.

Type 'Retrocop' on a new line.

Click on File > Save.

Job done.

[goodgoalie]

Hurrah! Sense at last

[douglas9401]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrz Johnnie!

[ummmm]

Same as Chris! Abuse of position!!

Naomi - depending on what device you're using you teach it words that are not in the dictionary by saving them.

[andy-hughes]

Chris - many thanks as always for your technical genius.

ummmm - Thanks for your support!!