Layer Style Dialog Box

As a newbie I am working my way through CS5 Classroom in a Book.
One lesson calls for setting Invert on when selecting Satin and the illustration shows the Invers box alongside the contour in the Layer Style box but when I launch this I only see the anti-aliased option.
Why am I not seeing the Invert option?
All help greatly appreciated.
Ken Markey

A common mistake with the Layer Style dialog is that you can check an effect on, but still be viewing the settings for another effect.
Look carefully at the title near the top of the dialog that's in the line that goes around the settings.
Make sure you click on the NAME of the effect along the left side to highlight it and show the settings for a particular effect.
-Noel

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