libreoffice calc spellcheck?

[Dave Howorth]

On 2016-02-03 15:27, Colin Law wrote:
> On 3 February 2016 at 14:42, Dave Howorth <dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> I'm using LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 on Ubuntu 12.04.5. I just opened a spreadsheet
>> and it appears to have spellchecking enabled (i.e. there is red underlining
>> on some text). I want to turn spellchecking off but when I go to the Tools
>> menu, the first item 'Spell check...' is greyed out.
>>
>> I can't see anything relevant in Help. Any ideas?
> I have not got 12.04 any more, but one thing to check is whether the
> option is shown if you start a new file.  That will tell you whether
> it is specific to that file.
>
> Is the file read-only by any chance?
The option is not greyed out if I start a new spreadsheet. The file is 
not read-only.

I don't understand what might cause the option to be greyed out. It's a 
user display option so I can't think of any circumstances where it would 
be sensible to prevent its use. But I've given up trying to understand 
how UI designers think; they're on a different planet to me.

Cheers, Dave