Animation timeline menu

I just upgraded from CS2 to CS5 (I know, it's a BIG jump).
Anyway, a friend showed me how to import video and draw on the quicktime for a job I am working on. However, the timeline doesn't look the same, and I can't find any menu choices to change it. I just have the animation frames the same as I did in CS2 instead of the timeline.
(My friend is out sick today and unreachable, and I am on a deadline now)
Mac OSX 10.5.8
I'd like this:
Rather than this:
Any help would be much appreciated.
- T

Ok, now I'm feeling a bit ignorant.
I can't find an icon on the bottom right other than link layers, create mask, create layer, delete layer, create group, etc.
Here's what I got:
The menu along the top of the animation window is this:
And Panel Options, of course, just changes the size of the thumbnails.
I'm going to feel foolish when someone points out what I am missing, but for the life of me, I can't find it.
- T

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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:55:56 -0700
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Re: Can't Enable Playback Control In Captivate 6.0 created by Lilybiri in Advanced Adobe Captivate Users - View the full discussion
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