Managing Mail program

Mail has a different look recently. Often, the top bar [File    Edit   etc.) disappears completely and I cannot figure how to get it back. While it is gone, the Dock is unavailable; command H get nothing, command Q get nothing. Sporaticly, the top bar appears (Darned if I know why!) but the Hide Mail is grayed out and command H gets nothing. Is there a tutorial or something that will tell me how to handle Mail?  Thanks

It looks like Mail is broken. Open Disk Utility and repair permissions. Then, open  > Software Update and install the most recent version. If it doesn't work, reinstall 10.8.2 > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1581

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