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Status Bar

The Status Bar contains information about the current document and offers various buttons with special functions.

Page Number

The current page number is displayed in this field of the status bar. A double-click opens the Navigator, with which you can navigate in the document. A right-click shows all bookmarks in the document. Click a bookmark to position the text cursor at the bookmark location.

Current Page Style

Displays the current Page Style. Double-click to edit the style, right-click to select another style from the already assigned styles.

Zoom

Specifies the current page display zoom factor.

Insert Mode

Displays the current insert mode. You can toggle between INSRT = insert and OVER = overwrite.

Selection Mode

Displays the current selection mode. You can toggle between STD = Standard, EXT = Extend and ADD = Add.

Edit or Activate Hyperlinks

Clicking this field on the Status Bar switches the hyperlinks from active (HYP) to edit (SEL) and back.

Document Modification

If changes to the document have not yet been saved on the hard drive, a "*" is displayed in this field on the Status Bar. This also applies to new, not yet saved documents.

Combined Display

Displays current information about the active document.

Index

page styles,editing/applying with statusbar

scaling, status bar

zooming, status bar

selection modes in text

text, selection modes

extension mode in text

additional selection mode

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