OFF98: No Help Text Appears in Status Bar for Menu Items

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In the programs included in earlier versions of Microsoft Office, a brief description that summarizes the functionality of the menu item appears in the status bar when you point to an item on a menu.

For example, in Microsoft Excel 5.0, if you point to Open on the File menu, the following text appears in the status bar:

In Microsoft Office 98 programs, no text appears in the status bar when you point to an item on a menu. This functionality is not available in any of the Microsoft Office 98 programs.