Brush Preview

Just downloaded a CS5 upgrade on my PC. According to the learning videos with Lynda.com, when I click on the new bristle brush and select the brush tool, the brush preview is supposed to pop up. My does not, nor am I able to acess this at the bottom of the brush preset box which is indicated by the eye and brush together. Can someone help me figure out how to acess this preview? Much appreciated.
Stumped1129

Make sure that you have OpenGL Drawing enabled in Edit->Preferences->Performance. If it is then go to View->Show->Brush Preview

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Yea, and it's a pain to get to. What was the rational for removing the print size button? With the magnifying glass tool selected in older versions of Photoshop you would get a button that says "print size" right next to Actual pixels, Fit Screen, Fill Screen. Now I have to go out of my way and dig for it if I want to see the print size. Of all the buttons you could have taken away, why not fill screen? I never use that.
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Well, for one, the current version of ACR is 8.3 by now.
More information would be needed about your system before troubleshooting steps can be suggested.
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Saw your note in the other thread.
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Open Image:
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