Cannot quick change font with arrow key / mac

I have been using illustrator for years on windows and just recently switched to mac.
On the windows version of Illustrator CS5 you can preview different fonts on the desired text by just placing the cursor on the font selection bar and then simply press the up/down arrows keys. On mac it does not work that way.
Does anybody know how i can fix this?

I'm having the same issue on:
PC
Windows 7
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Also, at certain times I click in the font selection bar and type in the name of the font I want... or part of it and it shows up and when I hit the enter key it does not change the font but rather switches the selected font back to what it was originally on. Effectively doing nothing.

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