• For example, hover your cursor over the New command on the Tools > Surfaces menu, and the status bar will display “Create a new surface layer” in the lower left corner of the status bar. 
The status bar at the bottom of the HIPS and SIPS application window displays:
• the function of the command or menu item under your cursor:
• For example, hover your cursor over the New command on the Tools > Surfaces menu, and the status bar will display “Create a new surface layer” in the lower left corner of the status bar.
• data status:
• the number of track lines currently selected
• the current projection (Click the projection name to view details in a pop-up window.)
• the scale of the current display in the Display window. (In 3D View this field shows the “height” of the flight above the surface.)
• the coordinates of the current cursor position in the units set in Tools > Options> Units.
• windows docked but hidden:
• Right-click in the tabbed area of a window to view a pop-up menu of other windows that are docked with it, but not visible. 