Microsoft Word 2007
Customizing the Status Bar
Word's Status Bar can keep track of and display statistics about your document. Statistics (e.g., word count or line number) or features (e.g., the macro recorder or the zoom slider) can be added, removed, or viewed easily.
Adding & Removing Status Bar Features
You may be working on a document when referring to a specific statistic is important (e.g., line number, word count). When that is the case, you can add that statistic to the Status Bar for easy reference.
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With a document open, right click the STATUS BAR
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To add a feature to the Status Bar, from the pull-down list that appears, select the desired feature
EXAMPLE: Select Line Number
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The feature is selected if a checkmark appears before it.
The feature appears on the Status Bar.
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To remove a feature from the Status Bar, from the pull-down list that appears, deselect the desired feature
EXAMPLE: Select Word Count
NOTES:
The feature is selected if a checkmark appears before it.
The feature is removed from the Status Bar.
Viewing Document Statistics
You do not need to add a feature to the Status Bar to know its present status. The Status Bar's pull-down list provides updated information on your document.
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Right click the STATUS BAR
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From the pull-down list that appears, identify the feature which you want updated information on
EXAMPLE: Identify the Word Count feature. -
On the right side of the feature, identify the desired statistic
EXAMPLE: The Word Count feature provides the number of words in the document: 171.
