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Starting with Office 2007 you can customize the Status Bar in all the Office programs.\u00a0 As you likely know, the Status Bar is at the very bottom of the window, just above the Task Bar if you have the window maximized.<\/p>\n

Being able to customize the Status Bar is useful as you can show items that you find useful and hide those that you don\u2019t.\u00a0 Earlier versions of Word used to show the Line Number and Column on the Status Bar and I have never been able to figure out why knowing the line number and column would be useful.\u00a0 I now hide both items.<\/p>\n

So, if you do not use sections in your Word documents, you can hide the section number but if you use Track Changes you can add that to the Status Bar so you know if Track Changes is on or not.\u00a0 You can also click on the Track Changes item to switch it on or off.\u00a0 While you can customize the Status Bar in all the Office programs the greatest benefit is likely to be had in Word and Excel.<\/p>\n

My approach to the Status Bar is to only show on it the items I use; the less information there is displayed on the Status Bar the quicker I can find the item I\u2019m looking for.<\/p>\n

To customize the Status Bar, right-click on it.\u00a0 In the list of options displayed, a check mark indicates the option is visible on the Status Bar.\u00a0 If an option is visible, click on it to hide it.\u00a0 If it is not visible, click on it to show it.<\/p>\n

When you are finished, click anywhere in your document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Any questions, please let me know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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