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Status Bar
The Writer Status Bar provides information about the document and convenient ways to change
some document features quickly.
Figure 60: Left end of Status Bar
Figure 61: Right end of Status Bar
Page number
Shows the current page number, the sequence number of the current page (if different), and
the total number of pages in the document. For example, if you restarted page numbering at
1 on the third page, its page number is 1 and its sequence number is 3.
If any bookmarks have been defined in the document, a right-click on this field pops up a list
of bookmarks; click on the required one.
To jump to a specific page in the document, double-click on this field. The Navigator opens.
Click in the Page Number field and type the sequence number of the required page and
press Enter.
Word and character count
The word and character count of the document is shown in the Status Bar, and is kept up to
date as you edit. Any text selected in the document will be counted and this count will replace
the displayed count.
To display extended statistics such as character counts excluding spaces, double-click the
word count in the Status Bar, or choose Tools > Word Count.
Page style
Shows the style of the current page. To change the page style, right-click on this field. A list of
page styles pops up; choose a different style by clicking on it.
To edit the current page style, double-click on this field. The Page Style dialog opens.
Language
Shows the language at the cursor position, or for the selected text, that is used for checking
spelling and for hyphenation and thesaurus.
Click to open a menu where you can choose another language for the selected text or for the
paragraph where the cursor is located. You can also choose None (Do not check spelling)
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