Final Cut Pro transitions edit window problem

I am totally new to Final Cut Pro and when I click on the transition from the timeline the transition window appears in the canvas window but the bottom half of the transition edit window does not appear. Any ideas? It shows the transition down the the bar with start and end and then bellow that it's all gray.

Figured it out on my own... sorry to bother you guys.

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I mean I get the same errors.
Let me explain again.
There are NO start/stop/pauses in this clip.
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Message was edited by: CarrieLouree

Thank you, Nick.
Shoot. That means I did misplaced my FCP installation disk!
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