# Disable spell correction permanently **URL:** \ **Category:** Calc\ **Created:** [December 24, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/disable-spell-correction-permanently/2275 "2023-12-24T13:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SLKRadiologie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@SLKRadiologie](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/SLKRadiologie)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/disable-spell-correction-permanently/2275/1 "2023-12-24T13:59:03Z")
Hello, we have an .xlsx spreadsheet on our nextcloud to be shown permanently on an always-on display as a daily overview. For this the sheet is shared with a user which has only read-rights. He cannot change the spell correction option, so by default all words (we use only abreviations) are underlined with red. Sometimes we have to restart the computer/browser meaning, even if I disable spell correction by login in with the admin-user (write-rights) and disable the spell correction, it will return once we restart the computer/browser. Is there a way to disable spell correction permanently? I tried to deactivate it and saved the file, this is not enough. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Tex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Tex](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/Tex)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/disable-spell-correction-permanently/2275/2 "2024-01-03T23:49:38Z")
Hey @SLKRadiologie. Welcome to the forum and thanks for the question. 🙂 > [@SLKRadiologie](#): > > […] the sheet is shared with a user which has only read-rights. He cannot change the spell correction option, so by default all words (we use only abreviations) are underlined with red. Sounds like read-only is causing some gremlins. 🙂 Do you happen to have a Github account? If you do, can you submit an issue to the: - [“Collabora Online” Github page](https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues) After you submit the issue, the QA team can verify and a dev can look into it. I suspect it would just require an enhancement to let a user in “read-only mode” turn on/off spellchecking. > [@SLKRadiologie](#): > > Thank you! You’re welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SLKRadiologie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@SLKRadiologie](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/SLKRadiologie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/disable-spell-correction-permanently/2275/3 "2024-01-04T12:40:08Z")
Thank you for your reply. Here’s the issue: [Spell correction annoyingly turned on for read-only users · Issue #7935 · CollaboraOnline/online (github.com)](https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online/issues/7935) ---
**Author:** ![Tex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Tex](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/Tex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/disable-spell-correction-permanently/2275/4 "2024-01-04T13:57:33Z")
Absolutely fantastic @SLKRadiologie . I brought it up today in the COOL Weekly Meeting #150 too, so QA/devs are now aware of it. There were a few other “read-only” bugs a developer was recently squishing, so perhaps they might tackle this one too. 🙂 Spellchecking squigglies should definitely be toggleable (or Ignorable), even if in read-only. That Github issue will then have the latest info/fixes/updates as they occur. Thanks again for the report! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/disable-spell-correction-permanently/2275/5 "2024-08-06T14:27:52Z")
Closed on August 6, 2024, 2:27pm UTC