Crop Tool Missing in Photoshop CS4

I'm pretty new to photoshop, but I seem to missing the crop tool from the toolbar. I've updated to the newest version and have had a couple of people check it out, and no one can figure out what/where/why it's missing. None of the forums I've been on can explain this phenomenon either. Anybody know how I can retrieve the crop tool?

pli1 wrote:
That worked! Now its back on the toolbar. Do you know where I can find other shortcut commands?
In the Help files.
If you hover over a tool, a tooltip comes up with the shortcut.
You can also customise some shortcuts but not the tools..

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