Illustrator CS Question -- don't laugh!

Hi Everyone!
Yea, I know I'm behind the times on my home iMac*. Someday, I will upgrade. Meanwhile I have a pressing dilemma!
My question: Every now and then, I hit a button that I shouldn't have... and apparently, I've done it again. Now when I draw my text or graphic boxes, I no longer have the 'mid-point' anchors, handles, or side points... which I can pull out to scale horizontally or vertically. Does anyone know how to get those 'mid-point' handles to show up so I 'click and drag' to resize a box?
A straight arrow over any side points will let you elongate that side. Nope, not happening -- they aren't there!
* When working on site, I work on CS4 and beginning to learn CS5.
Thanks for the help!
debby52

You have accidentally hidden the Bounding Box. Bring it back from the menu View > Show Bounding Box (Shift-Ctrl-B).

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