Status bar

Provides helpful information about what you should do or what is happening at the moment. The information shown depends on the situation.

  • Description of the selected menu command or toolbar button
  • Default location to be assigned (takeoff)
  • Running total of the takeoff quantity amounts included in the Copy Sum total
  • Today's date (spreadsheet)
  • Progress when processing
  • Variance when adjusting the job total or cost/unit
  • Item count for all the items in the estimate (not including overlines)
  • Total number of items that are selected (not including overlines)

Tips:  

  • To see the entire status bar, you may need to enlarge the main Sage Estimating (SQL) window.
  • If you don't want to execute the command shown in the status bar, move the pointer away and release the mouse button.