# Open Office 1.1.4 question

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-office-1-1-4-question/290131
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 15, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-office-1-1-4-question/290131 "2005-02-15T02:34:33Z")
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### Author: ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-office-1-1-4-question/290131/1 "2005-02-15T02:34:33Z")

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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?

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### Author: ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-office-1-1-4-question/290131/2 "2005-02-15T22:11:49Z")

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