{"id":9095,"date":"2019-04-19T13:54:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auslogics.com\/en\/articles\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2025-10-07T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:02:20","slug":"display-status-bar-with-word-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auslogics.com\/en\/articles\/display-status-bar-with-word-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Display Status Bar With Word Wrap Enabled in Notepad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Windows 7\/8\/10 user is aware of Notepad, the basic text editor that is bundled with the software. Unlike advanced text applications like Microsoft Word, Notepad is mostly used for low-level documentation: for example, for creating user guides and Readme\u2019s. It can as well be used in situations where plain text is sufficient without a need for sophisticated formatting.<\/p>\n

But even though it is a basic text creator, Notepad still has a few features which are very useful in certain situations. One of these is Word Wrap. <\/b>Word Wrap<\/p>\n

is found in the Format<\/b> tab in Notepad. With this function enabled, long lines of text will be broken into smaller lines for the convenience of the reader. You won\u2019t have to scroll left and right in order to read content. You will be able to see everything at a glance without having to use the scroll bar. As you know, constant left-to-right scrolling can be annoying and irritating, not to mention disadvantageous for the neck. So, the scroll wrap feature is designed to make things easier for you when using Notepad.<\/p>\n

Another fine feature of Notepad is the Status Bar <\/b>option. When typing, the Status Bar in Notepad displays the number of lines and columns in the document. Though the information conveyed isn\u2019t as in-depth as the Status Bar in Microsoft Word, it still provides useful titbits for certain users.<\/p>\n

With features like these, Notepad is just perfect for those of you that just want a simple text editor that is light, does all the simple things right, and doesn\u2019t consume too many resources.<\/p>\n

There is a spanner in the works though. If you open Notepad and click the View <\/b>tab, you will see that the status bar option is greyed out. Before you go thinking there must be an error somewhere, nope. It is how Notepad is configured. Status Bar is automatically greyed out when Word Wrap is enabled.<\/p>\n

Since Status Bar shows the number of lines in a text and Word Wrap breaks single lines into multiple ones for visual convenience, conflict between the two features is inevitable if both are active at the same time. Hence, whenever you enable Word Wrap, Status Bar is automatically disabled. Therefore, before Status Bar can be used, you have to restore the default line scheme in Notepad.<\/p>\n

Obviously, this might be a big problem if you use Notepad to create and edit scripts. You might want the ease Word Wrap provides while also wanting to keep track of lines and columns as you create them. You could simply decide to use another basic text editing tool that can simultaneously keep both features enabled. But if you prefer to keep using Notepad, we will show you a little trick. With this hack, you can activate both features simultaneously in Notepad.<\/p>\n

How to enable the status bar and Word Wrap in Notepad?<\/h2>\n

But first things first: Here is how to enable Word Wrap and Status Bar the normal way:<\/p>\n

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  1. For Word Wrap, open your Notepad and go to Format > Word Wrap.<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. For Status Bar, first, disable Word Wrap. Next, go to View > Status Bar.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How do I enable the status bar in Notepad without disabling Word Wrap?<\/h3>\n