this is from the Fs training materials somewhere:
Status Bar, Command Bar, and Menu Bar
The Status Bar gives useful information, such as the percentage of
the page as it loads. It is turned off by default in IE9. To enable
the status bar do
the following:
1. Press ALT+V to open the View menu.
2. Press T to open the Toolbars submenu.
3. Press DOWN ARROW to find Status Bar. If it is checked, just press
ESC a couple of times to get out of the menus. If it is not checked,
press ENTER to
check it. The menus close and the status bar is now visible at the
bottom of the screen. To read the status bar with JAWS or MAGic,
press INSERT+PGDN.
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