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What is a status bar in Word document

October 27, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

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Microsoft Word 2016, 2013 and 2010 displays a status bar at the bottom of a Word document. Word status bar displays information such word count, page number, line number, zoom, zoom slider, Language and many more details.

Status bar in Word 2013 and Word 2010

These details displayed on the word status bar can be configured by using the Customize Status Bar context menu. The Customize Status Bar can be accessed by right clicking the status bar.

Turn on or off status bar feature in Word 2013 and Word 2010

In order to turn on or turn off the display of a feature, You can check or un check on the left hand side of a feature.

Also See: Find out character count Microsoft Word document

Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: Customize, Office 2010, Status Bar, Word 2010, Word Status Bar

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  1. Dulce says

    July 8, 2012 at 2:16 am

    How to display view area on the Status bar in Microsoft Word 2010?

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  2. Donna says

    November 12, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    Sometimes I lose the Status Bar at the bottom of documents. I don’t know how it disappears and then sometimes weeks later it reappears. I do not know to to get it back on my own. If you know how this is turned on, please advise. ( I have Word 2010 so it has an Icon Task bar at the top.) Thanks!

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  3. Keith Connes says

    November 17, 2012 at 6:06 am

    I have the same problem. All of the tutorials for customizing the information start with “right-click on the status bar.” Not so easy if it has disappeared!

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  4. Nancy says

    November 21, 2012 at 4:06 am

    Help! I am having the same problem. I need the status bar and it keeps disappearing, and I don’t know how to get it back. Please can someone help me…. ? Thank you in advance for your expertise.

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  5. Dawn says

    December 20, 2012 at 12:34 am

    Typical Microsoft–things that were simple and worked fine in 2003 now cause problems for which there is no help in MS “hlp” (I call it that because there’s always something missing.
    These ideas won’t help folks who have this as a permanent problem, but worth a try for some.
    1) close all documents (even ones without a problem), close Word, then re-open. This has worked for me, but then, so far my problem has been intermittent.
    2) Log off and/or restart computer. This can fix a lot of transient problems. Sometimes MS needs a “warm boot” in the keister. Wish I could do it in person….

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  6. Jane says

    January 3, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    the language is not displaying in my status bar – even though Language is ticked in the list. anyone know why this might be?

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  7. Gevorg says

    July 31, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    I had the same problem: the status bar had disappeared. But the solution happened to be very easy and funny: apparently I had inadvertently made the Word window smaller, but it was in fact ‘bigger’ than the usual window, while being ‘small’. So the status bar was below the frame. I hit the little two squares in the top right corner, next to the X for closing the window, and it all came back. Try it!))

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  8. hika says

    October 20, 2014 at 3:19 am

    the status bar is there. you have to maximise it at the top right hand corner haha its that simple.

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  9. Ann Prior says

    October 29, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    The status bar does not appear at the top of my document until I select Home.
    When I have selected, say the typeface, it then disappears again.
    How can I keep it there all the time please??

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  10. Rupali says

    November 1, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    Hello i also facing same problem status bar turn off . how i can display it help

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