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FormField.StatusText Property

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Returns or sets the text that is displayed in the status bar when a form field has the focus. Read/write String.

Syntax

expression.StatusText

expression   A variable that represents a FormField object.

Remarks

If the OwnStatus property is set to True, the StatusText property specifies the status bar text. If the OwnStatus property is set to False, the StatusText property specifies the name of an AutoText entry that contains status bar text for the form field.

Example

This example sets the status bar help text for the form field named "Age."

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.FormFields("Age")
    .OwnStatus = True
    .StatusText = "Type your current age."
End With

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