[Jay Freedman]

There is one more possibility.

The status bar in Word 2007 is supposed to be "always on", and there
is no option in the user interface to turn it off, but the macro
language can control it. It's always possible that some macro, add-in,
or other process has turned it off. So try this:

Press Alt+F11 to open the macro editor, and press Ctrl+G to open the
Immediate window. Paste this line into the window and press Enter at
the end of it:

CommandBars("Status Bar").Visible = True

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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:26:38 +0200, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:

Doug has given you the most likely answer, I believe.

In case the status bar isn't completely gone but missing options,
right-click it and select (from the context menu that appears) what you want
to show.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"minnie21" wrote in message
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I dont know how my status bar which is at the bottom of the document is
missing. It is microsoft office 2007. Can somebody help me? How do i
recover
it?