Automator - what has happened to it under 10.6?

Prior to 10.6 using Automator was a breeze.
Create your workflow, save it the right way & then when you need to use it right-click & there was the workflow in a sub-menu of the drop-down. Easy.
Since 10.6... well, I'll be darned if I can work out how to use it.
I updated my workflows as needed to be done under SL but this simple right-click function appears to have been removed.
As far as I can see the only way to now get a workflow to run is to open the Automator application & launch the workflow. A clumsy process when the previous one was so simple & elegant.
Am I overlooking something here or has Automator been seriously hobbled under 10.6?

Also, see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2039384 and Introduction to Automator tutorial at http://automator.us/leopard/video/index.html
And, http://www.automatedworkflows.com/tips/podcast.html and
http://www.macosxautomation.com/automator/examples/ex04/index.html
And, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2241804 for a four-parter by Sal Saghoian on *Automation in Snow Leopard*

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