"About iDVD" and "Preferences" grayed out?

OK, this is a bit weird. I opened iDVD (which I do once a year to make my year-end slideshow on a DVD). I wanted to find out what version of iDVD I have (because I'd like to buy a manual). But "About iDVD" and "Preferences" are grayed out! Does anyone know why this would happen?
MacBook Pro (2010), Mountain Lion, all the updates.
Thank you.

You must have an iDVD project open before they become active. You can't access it from the splash window where you select the type of project to create.
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