Hi Francis, I just went back and left standard, print layout and word web checked. Thanks for the help! I'm such a coffee addict that I don't know what "too much" coffee means! Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: Francis Daniels To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 12:25 PM Subject: Re: status bar Hi Judith, I just found a part of my post to you that might be confusing. In the part that states: "If they are, press enter to turn each item off." Leave the Standard and the Formatting toolbar turned on, or checked. The Draw Autoshapes toolbar, which is checked, can be turned off by pressing enter on it. Whew! Shows what happens when I drink way too much coffee. Heh. Francis