THE STATUS BAR - Located at the bottom of the window in Word or in Excel, the Status Bar displays information about the document such as the number of pages and the word count on the left; the Document View buttons and Zoom slide bar on the right.

To add/remove items on the Status Bar: Right-click on the Status Bar to display the Customize Status Bar menu and select/deselect the desired option.  Some of these items are very handy to have – for example, the Track Changes item turns Track Changes on or off, which is easier than going to the Review ribbon all the time.

Features currently displayed on the Status Bar are indicated by a checkmark.

The list of items In Word 2007 include

• Formatted Page Number
• Section
• Page Number
• Vertical Page Position
• Line Number
• Column
• Word County
• Spelling and Grammar Check
• Language
• Signatures
• Information Management Policy
• Permissions
• Track Changes
• Caps Lock
• Overtype
• Selection Mode
• Macro Recording
• View Shortcuts
• Zoom
• Zoom Slider