Excel Status Bar Tips to Increase Spreadsheet Productivity

NYC area Microsoft 365 expert shares tips to understand and use the Excel Status Bar, including customizing and copying the values displayed—in a new article from Messaging Architects

HOBOKEN, N.J, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Messaging Architects, an eMazzanti Technologies Company and Microsoft 365 expert, shares tips for using the Excel Status Bar to increase spreadsheet productivity. The informative article first discusses how the Status Bar delivers quick access to various useful Excel features, such as the Macro Recorder.

The author then reviews how to customize the Status Bar by selecting the information to display from several options. He concludes by explaining how to copy and paste from the Status Bar and how to automate repetitive tasks with the Macro Recorder.

"While many users may not even notice the status bar, it delivers quick access to various useful Excel features," stated Greg Smith, Vice President of Services Delivery at Messaging Architects. "It gives users one-click access to frequently used calculations, multiple worksheet views, the macro recorder and more."

Below are a few excerpts from the article, "Excel Status Bar Tips to Increase Spreadsheet Productivity."

How to Customize the Excel Status Bar

"Users can change the options that display by right-clicking anywhere on the status bar. A list of options appears, with checkmarks next to active options. Click any option to display it on the status bar. Or click a checked option to remove it from the status bar."

Copying and Pasting from the Excel Status Bar

"Previous versions of Excel showed quick facts about highlighted cells, including the sum and average. Now, Excel takes that a step further, allowing users to copy a value from the status bar and insert it into the desired location in the workbook. For instance, users can quickly calculate and display the average value of multiple cells without typing the formula."

Automate Repetitive Tasks with Macros

"One of the nifty Excel features that many users overlook involves creating macros that allow users to complete repeated tasks with a simple shortcut key. For instance, a macro can be used to format data, apply calculations to cells or complete a combination of tasks in sequence."

"While macros use VBA code, they require no coding on the part of the user. The user just clicks the Macro Recording button near the left of the status bar, then assigns a name and a shortcut key to the macro. Excel records every move the user makes until they click the Stop Recording button on the status bar."

Stay Up to Date with Microsoft Features

Microsoft continually updates Excel and its other Office products to improve productivity and security and deliver requested features. And because Microsoft 365 operates in the cloud, users always work with the latest version, without need to deploy updates and patches.

Contact the Microsoft experts at Messaging Architects today to upgrade to Microsoft 365 or to optimize an existing subscription.

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Messaging Architects specializes in effectively managing and securing an organization's most precious asset, its information. With over 20 years of information management and technology consulting experience, the Messaging Architects team has provided corporations, educational intuitions, health care facilities and nonprofits with methodologies, procedures, and technology to keep their data organized, compliant and secure.

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