Right-click in the area where it used to be and you'll be offered a choice

If the area itself has gone:

View, check Statusbar

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"sandcastle808" wrote in message
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|I used to have a box on the bottom bar in excel that would give me a subtotal
| of highlighted cells. It has disappeared and I cannot figure out how to get
| it back. I really miss it.