AutoFilter report in status bar

This question has probably been answered many times, but I can't find the right search keywords to find an answer.

Why is it that sometimes, using the AutoFilter, you get a report in the status bar that tells you how many records matched the filter? At other times it absolutely will not give the report?

Is there a way to turn this on and off?

When your list has many formulas, or if a cell in the list is changed
after an AutoFilter has been applied, the Status Bar may show "Filter
Mode" instead of a count of the visible records.

The following MSKB article has information:

The AutoFilter status bar displays the "Filter Mode" message in Excel
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=213886

And there are a couple of workarounds here:
http://www.contextures.com/xlautofilter02.html#Count

1scant wrote:
> This question has probably been answered many times, but I can't find
> the right search keywords to find an answer.
>
> Why is it that sometimes, using the AutoFilter, you get a report in the
> status bar that tells you how many records matched the filter? At other
> times it absolutely will not give the report?
>
> Is there a way to turn this on and off?
>
>


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Many thanks, Debra.