Adobe Illustrator: Can't see Character preview?, Illustrator CS3: Can't see Character preview?

I'm using Adobe Illustrator CS3 and I can't get the Character pulldown in the toolbar at the top to show me a preview of the typefaces before I select them. They all shown in the same standard typefaces. 
How can get I Illustrator to to show me preview of the typefaces in the Character pulldown menu?
Thanks all help much appreciated

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http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa?promoid=JOPCT
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