property is displayed. If False, the text of the AutoText entry specified by the StatusText property is displayed. Read/write Boolean.
expression.OwnStatus
expression Required. An expression that returns a FormField object.
Example
This example sets the status bar text for the form field named "Account" to the contents of the AutoText entry named "Acct."
With ActiveDocument.FormFields("Account")
.OwnStatus = False
.StatusText = "Acct"
End With