Open Office 1.1.4 question

Factual Questions
1

I had to reinstall Open Office 1.1.4 recently. Before, when I would resize a cell, it would display the physical size of the cell at the bottom of the spreadsheet.

Now, for some reason, it doesn’t. I have a specific need for this function.

Does anyone know how to reset it?

2

Actually, the physical size of the cell appears just above the cursor, just like in Excel.