You're right; I did miss that clue. Sorry for the bum steer.

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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
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Hi Kayaa,

I'm guessing Suzanne missed the '2007' reference in the subject line
There isn't an 'off' switch for the Status Bar in Word
2007. It's considered to be an integral part of the new 2007 user
interface (UI)

If you no longer have the Ribbon available at the top of the page you may
be in Full Screen Reading mode. If so either the escape
key or clicking the button on the top right that takes you back to the
prior view should help.

If not, then you may want to try start Word in Office safe mode (hold ctrl
key when starting Word) to see if there may be an add-in
that is modifying the behavior of Word.

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"Kayaa" wrote in message
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Anybody had this pb before? The status bar in word 2007 mysteriously
dissappeared and I cant figure out how to get it back.
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

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LINKS for the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie
the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net