Black to white gradient?

I am following a tutorial and need to select a fill for a shape and choose the Black to White Gradient swatch from Gradient Panel
1. I do not seem to have the black to white gradient. I only see the fade to black gradient swatch. Is this the same thing, if not how do I get the black to white gradient swatch?
Thanks.

This is the problem the default is Black to White this is what you are missing. You may have accidentally selected one of the other preset gradients and the default is then lost and you have to recreate it or reset the preferences and then save it before making a new one or create a new document which will also reset it. But to do it with the document you now have you have to recreate it. Watch the videos
http://www.wadezimmerman.com/videos/BWGradient.mov
http://www.wadezimmerman.com/videos/BWGradient2.mov

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