Quick Font Sampling Not Working in Illustrator CC 2014 18.1.0

I just updated Illustrator CC 2014 to version 18.1.0 and have lost a feature I've come to depend upon to try out different fonts. I don't know what to call the feature, but this is how it worked:
With a type box selected or type highlighted, I would go to the font menu and with my up/down arrows on my keyboard, start going through the list. This would cause the selected text to change. It was a super quick way to run up and down my font list to see what different type would look like.
Any ideas what's gone wrong?
What I'm running:
iMac OS 10.9.5
3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB RAM
FontExplorer X Pro 4.2.1

Hi Satinder,
I can change the font with the arrow tool, but it wouldn't change the text block I was applying it to unless I then hit "Enter." In the previous version of AI, I didn't need to do this until I landed on a font I wanted to use.
However, after an hour-long chat with Adobe, they were able to see my issue and provided a very simple fix:
1. Quit Illustrator CC 2014 18.1.0.
2. Go to: User>Library>Preferences>Adobe Illustrator 18 Settings, select the folder "en_US" and change its name (they had me rename it to "2en_US")
3. Relaunch Illustrator and the problem should be resolved. Illustrator creates a new preference folder.
4. You can go ahead and delete the original, renamed preference folder.
I hope this is helpful to others that have had the same problem.

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