At least in Excel 2002, if you right-click on an empty part of the status bar,
you'll see a menu to select the function you want.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:01:33 -0800, "Becky"
wrote:

I am trying to figure out how to set up the function in Ecel where if you
highlight a group of cells you can see the sum tally in the bottom bar of the
window. I know you can choose different functions as well to see there, I
just can't figure out how to get that option.