Microsoft KB Archive/61087

= WD: At and Ln Information Does Not Appear on Status Bar =

Article ID: 61087

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q61087



SYMPTOMS
The status bar At and Ln information does not appear in draft view in Word. If you are working in another view and the At and Ln information does not appear, you may need to adjust the options described in the &quot;Workaround&quot; section of this article.



Word 97
There are three possible reasons that the At and Ln information is not appearing. Use the following procedure to verify that the settings are correct:
 * 1) On the View menu, click Normal.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 3) Click the View tab and clear the Wrap to window and Draft font check boxes.
 * 4) Click the General tab and select the Background repagination check box.

NOTE: Online view Ln information appears blank, although the At information is available.

Word 7.0
There are two possible reasons that the At and Ln information is not appearing. Use the following procedure to verify that the settings are correct:
 * 1) On the View menu, click Normal.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 3) Click the View tab and clear the Wrap to window and Draft font check boxes.
 * 4) Click the General tab and select the Background repagination check box

Word 6.x
There are three possible reasons that the At and Ln information is not appearing. Use the following procedure to verify that the settings are correct:
 * 1) On the View menu, click Normal.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 3) Click the View tab and clear the Wrap to window and Draft font check boxes.
 * 4) Click the General tab and select the Background repagination check box.

Word 2.x
There are three possible reasons that the At and Ln information is not appearing. Use the following procedure to verify that the settings are correct:
 * 1) On the View menu, click Normal.
 * 2) On the View menu, make sure Draft font is not turned on (the check box is not selected).
 * 3) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 4) Click the View tab and select the Line Breaks and Fonts as Printed check box.
 * 5) Click the General tab and select the Background repagination check box.

Word 1.x
There are three possible reasons that the At and Ln information is not appearing. Use the following procedure to verify that the settings are correct:
 * 1) On the View menu, click Normal.
 * 2) On the View menu, click Preferences and select the Display As Printed check box.
 * 3) On the Utilities menu, click Customize.
 * 4) Select the Background repagination check box.

NOTE: The At and Ln information is available in draft view. Switch to another view by clicking the View menu and clicking Outline, Page, or Normal. Clearing the other view options chooses normal view.



MORE INFORMATION
If a printer driver is not selected in the Printer Setup dialog box, the At and Ln information does not appear.

The status bar At and Ln number information is based on the current insertion point position. At refers to the insertion point position from the top of the page. Ln refers to the current line number from the top margin.

NOTE: If your insertion point is in the header or footer of a document, the At and Ln information is not displayed on the status bar.

Additional query words: 1.x 2.0 winword 7.0 word95 word7 word6 6.0 winword2 missing word97 kbEnable kbEnableSight

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