Apple Mail - 5.1 Search param's?

Using Mail 5.1 (OS 10.7.2) I can't seem to find the option to narrow my search parameters i.e.: Subject/entire message/fr/ etc. as in previous versions of Mail. The Mail Help says: "To change the criteria, click the arrow and choose From, To, or Entire Message from the pop-up menu. The choices in the menu depend on the category you selected from the list of suggestions."
but where's the popup menu? I found the "Sort by" options - but that applies to how the search results are organized -not the search parameters. I'm trying to find "Fetch" in the "subject" field only, & I get spam that mentions "Free Sanwhiches" but nothing with the word Fetch.
I'm sure this is user error -but I didn't have this problem with previous "Mail"
thanks in advance

If it can't find any messages that have "fetch" in the subject (or from, or to), you won't get an option for those things. You'll just see "message contains"
This:
vs this:
Make sure you've selected All on the where to Search: bar.

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