Hello Douglas,
I checked this with the standard demo program
SAPRDEMO_SPREADSHEET_INTERFACE and unfortunately this is a limitation of the SAP inplace
mode.
This issue can be replicated outside of SAP by using the FramerEx application by Microsoft which
can be downloaded for free.
You can download this from here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc60pro/mdi/1/win98me/en-us/framerex.exe
If you use this program and use the File -> Open and select any valid .xls file,it will open in the same manner as the inplace mode in SAP
You will notice the status bar is missing in this case too.
This is the same technology that SAP use to display the inplace files.
Best regards,
Jude