Finding Pantone Colors By Number In The Palette

I just upgraded to CS3 and have a question. In CS1 when I needed to find a specific pantone color I would go to the pantone solid coated palette and at the top there was a box labeled "find" where I could type in the number and it would bring me to the color I needed.
In CS3 there is no find box and I have to scroll through to find the number I want. Am I missing something here? I want to be able to quickly find them by typing in the number, not by scrolling through a list.
Any help would be appreciated.
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In that same palette, there should be a flyout menu. One item should be Show Find Field.
(I'm on CS2 which does indeed have this item. I'm guessing CS3 has the same?)

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