How do I show dimensions of text boxes?

The MUSE toolbar (if that's the correct name for it) used to show the size – width and height of text boxes as I was working on layout. This is vital with multi-column layouts which do not conform to the column grid – what old-school types like me know as ******* measures.(Not a PC description, but that's what they've been called in the publishing business for at least the past 50 years).
Look at the layout of my website http://www.londonsriver.com and you will see what I mean.
But in the latest release – which arrived overnight – this has vanished. It shows the X and Y co-ordinates, so I can see where the box is (not that I really care). But it doesn't show the DIMENSIONS which is what I want. They used to be next to the co-ordinates in the toolbar or ribbon or whatever it's called.
Am I missing something? I've tried various options, but they don't appear. Maybe I'm being stupid, but I just want my dimensions back. The workround is laborious: Make the first column box, then draw another box above it, then slide that over to the second position. And so on. And very tedious if I already have two or three columns of text on a page that I am re-working. What do I do? Guess?? If they "look the same" in Muse they will be the same when the site is updated?
I don't even begin to understand what many of the new features are in Muse – maybe one day I will have the time to learn. Maybe my site looks boring, but I come from the world of newspapers, so it is what it is and what I know how to do. I just want my dimensions back!
Thanks. And by the way, a big thanks to everyone involved in inventing, developing and delivering Muse. I can now create pages in minutes, using the same core page design and editing skills that I have used for years – instead of inhabiting the half-world of techspeak and coding where other website building tools wanted to take me!!!

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