The Status Bar is located under the Design Surface and allows you to access important viewing and navigation options when working with templates. It is useful for zooming on specific sections of your template design, viewing your design in two pages side by side, or even switching Views to Preview your document populated with data.

 

The Status Bar will also display important messages to you where applicable and let you know which page your are currently working on. If there is an error at any point you can find more information in the status bar.

 

Figure 1: The Status Bar can be found at the bottom of the Design Surface.

 

Switching Views

You can easily switch back and forth through the available views in the Publisher, using the Status Bar. You will notice at the right side of the Status Bar quick access options for the different views. By simply selecting these options, you will be able to switch between the three Document Views: the Design View, the XML View and the Print View.

 

Figure 2: Switching between Views in the Status Bar.

 

Document Zoom

On the far right side of the Status Bar, you can select from a variety of zoom options. These options include a slide bar for specific zooming, such as One page, Two Pages, and Fit to screen. Each of these options is highlighted below.

 

Figure 3: The Status Bar is used to view two pages side by side.

 

 

You can use the zoom slide bar to adjust the zoom percentage as needed.