When you are creating VBA macros, you can place a message on the status bar by using (oddly enough) the StatusBar property. For instance, the statement
StatusBar = "I'm working as fast as I can..."
will print the message within the quote marks on the status bar. If you use the StatusBar property, you can keep users informed about what your macro is doing. (After all, it's best not to leave them wondering.) If you want to "turn off" what is displayed in the status bar, you can do so by using the following statement:
StatusBar = ""
Microsoft removed support for the StatusBar property from Word 2013, so this tip will only work with Word 2007 and Word 2010.
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2017-11-14 18:56:20
Stephen
Support for statusbar may have been stopped, but this code still works for me in Word 2016.
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