[QFD]

In Word 2003, at the bottom of the screen was a status bar that showed the
position of the cursor, line, row, column. After upgrading to Word 2007 I
cannot seem to find this.

In the view tab there is a selection "Message bar" but I can't use it, it
won't allow me to check the box next to it. Seems to be dimmer than the other
choices.

What can I do to get this much needed tool back?

Thank you

[QFD]

Through horseing around I found the answer. Please keep this question here
though, in case anyone else needs the answer.

I went to the left hand, bottom corner of the screen, and right clicked the
area where it says page count. A new menu opened and I was able to check off
the three commands for cursor position.

Although I love the new look and interface with 2007, it is going to take
some getting used to

"QFD" wrote:

In Word 2003, at the bottom of the screen was a status bar that showed the
position of the cursor, line, row, column. After upgrading to Word 2007 I
cannot seem to find this.

In the view tab there is a selection "Message bar" but I can't use it, it
won't allow me to check the box next to it. Seems to be dimmer than the other
choices.

What can I do to get this much needed tool back?

Thank you

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi QFD,

FWIW, you can right click at almost any spot on the Word 2007 status bar to choose which of the 20 available status items you would
like to show/hide on the status bar.

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"QFD" wrote in message ...
Through horseing around I found the answer. Please keep this question here
though, in case anyone else needs the answer.

I went to the left hand, bottom corner of the screen, and right clicked the
area where it says page count. A new menu opened and I was able to check off
the three commands for cursor position.

Although I love the new look and interface with 2007, it is going to take
some getting used to
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*