Reading the Status Bar
The Status bar, located at the bottom of the Notes window, displays messages, icons, and other information you use as you work in Notes. The Status bar is divided into sections, some of which display messages, and others that lead to a pop-up box or pop-up menu. When a pop-up menu appears, you can select from the menu to make changes in your document or location. Figure 4.4 shows the Status bar with the recent messages displayed in a pop-up box.
Figure 4.3. A view lists the documents of a database, and many databases contain more than one view.
Figure 4.4. Use the Status bar for shortcuts and information.
The Status bar is context-sensitive and the available features depend on the current task you are performing and the area of Notes in which you are working. Throughout this book, available options on the Status bar are referred to when they apply to the task you are performing. As you can see in Figure 4.4, each section of the Status bar is a button with a specific function. Table 4.1 describes the Status bar buttons and their functions.
In this lesson you learned how to open and close a database. You also learned how to read the About and Using this Database documents, as well as how to read the status bar. In the next lesson, you learn how to read mail.