Bouncing as WAV file

I've got my trusty manual out, and it's telling me that in order to bounce as a .wav file (as opposed to .mp3) I should go to the "Bounce Dialog Window" and select PCM format (which I guess is SDII, AIFF or WAV and thus what I want).
Problem is: I have absolutely no idea where the Bounce Dialog Window is located. When I go to FILE > BOUNCE (or just click "Bnce" on my output in the Environment Window) a Save As window pops up, wherein I cannot see any option to change from MP3 to PCM format. That can't be it. Or if it is, perhaps I've disabled something important somewhere?
I've now opened every single window I can think of to look for this and am stumped. Any help would be most appreciated. Danke.

Thanks Walter.
Unfortunately, the same issue happens... In whichever window I select "Bounce" from -- Environment, Audio Mixer, or even FILE > BOUNCE -- a window titled "Bounce 'Output 1-2' " pops up. I'm guessing this is what you mean by the "Bounce Output Window." But, there I'm only able to name the file in the "Save As" field, choose where to bounce the file to on my harddrive, and then click on "Bounce" in the bottom-right of the window. I have no tabs or anything else to choose from. So I'm still a little stumped. Any additional thoughts?
I really appreciate the help.

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First of all, if you don't have bit depth conversion dithering is absolutely unneeded.
Second, try using another audio format (AIFF or SDII, but I prefer the first).
Third, if you have a DAT recorder, try recording your audio card's analog stereo out directly onto the DAT then, if you need, re-import it digitally into Logic. (take care of DAT sampling rate, 48Khz, and of clock settings)
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Thanks Walter.
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I really appreciate the help.

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!http://web.me.com/johnalcock/filechute/bounce.png!

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