XL2000: Status Bar Text Is Bold When Using Large Fonts Display Setting

When you are working in Microsoft Excel, the text displayed in the status bar appears to be bold.

Text in the status bar appears bold if the Font Size setting (under the Display icon in Control Panel) is Large Fonts.

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

Method 1: Change the Font Size to Small Fonts

To change the font size, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2.	Double-click the Display icon.
3.	Click the Settings tab.
4.	In the Font Size list, click Small Fonts. NOTE: If you don't see the Font Size list on the Settings tab, click Advanced, and then click the General tab. In the Font Size list, click Small Fonts. Click OK.
5.	Click OK.
6.	If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

Method 2: Use a Custom Font Size

To use a custom font size, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2.	Double-click the Display icon.
3.	Click the Settings tab. Do either of the following: � Click Custom. -or- � Click Advanced. Click the General tab. In the Font Size list, click Other. The Custom Font Size dialog box appears.
4.	Use the ruler to drag the font size to less than 117%. Click OK twice.
5.	If you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.

NOTE: You may use a custom font size only when you use a display resolution greater than 640 X 480. If you are using a resolution of 640 X 480, you must use method 1 or increase the resolution to 800 X 600 or higher.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.