Application window > Status bar

The Status bar is found at the bottom of the program window.

Note: If you do not see the status bar, you will have to change the settings for it as described in Settings, Appearance tab (for the ribbon interface) or as described in Showing and hiding toolbars (for the classic menu interface).

You can read the following information in the status bar:

Example	Explanation
Italics, Textbox1, etc.	Different information is displayed on the far left. If you hover the mouse cursor over a command icon, the function of this command is displayed here. If you select an object, its name is displayed here. If you move or resize an object, the current position/size is displayed, etc.
L 37 Col 8	The text cursor is positioned at line 37 and column 8 on the current page.
Section 1	The text cursor is positioned in section 1 of the document (see Multi-column page layouts).
Chapter 1	The text cursor is positioned in chapter 1 of the document (see Dividing a document into chapters).
Page 1 of 2	The text cursor is positioned on page 1 of a document with a total of 2 pages.
1 page*	The text cursor counts 1 selected page. Select multiple pages as desired in order to count the number of pages in a chosen section.
English	The text in which the text cursor is currently positioned (or the currently selected text) is formatted in the English language (see also Setting the language).
25 words	This shows how many words are in the text. If you select text passages, only the selected words are counted. (If you double-click on the display, the Statistics tab will open with further details)
Table cell	If you have inserted a table, the currently selected table cells are displayed here.
Ins	This shows whether Insert mode (Ins) or Overwrite mode (Ovr) is enabled:
	Ins: Insert mode is enabled – newly entered text will be inserted in front of existing text.
	Ovr: Overwrite mode is enabled – newly entered text will be written over existing text.
	The default setting is Ins. You can use the Ins key on your keyboard to switch between these two modes (or by clicking on the Ins/Ovr display).
	The Ins key can also be disabled. For more information, see Settings, General tab.

* This information is not displayed in the status bar by default. However, you can add this button to your own customized user interface. To do so, select the "Count pages" button and add it to the status bar or another area (see "Tip: Configuring the status bar" below).

Tip: For certain display elements of the status bar, contextual dialog boxes open when you double-click with the left mouse button.

Further elements of the status bar

▪Screen display

On the right side of the status bar, there are also some buttons for displaying the document on the screen:

These buttons enable you to quickly switch between standard view, continuous view, master page view, outline view and book layout, which you can also customize on the ribbon tab View (in the classic menu interface: in the View menu). For more information, see Customizing the document display.

▪Zoom level

The status bar also contains a zoom slider that allows you to change the zoom level for the document:

To do so, either drag the slider with your mouse or click on the plus or minus icon (see Zoom level).

Tip: Configuring the status bar

If you click on the double arrow on the far right of the status bar, you will find the following options:

▪You can use the option Add/remove buttons to show or hide the individual preset elements of the status bar.

▪The option Customize opens the dialog box Customize user interface, where you can freely configure the status bar from all commands available in Write.

In the dialog box, select the item "Status bar" in the list Customize (top right). You can then add or remove buttons from the status bar and change their order. For more information, see Customizing icons and groups in the ribbon.

▪Reset this toolbar restores all changes made to the status bar back to their original state.