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.

--
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?