Missing the Type tool

I'm starting a new document for the first time on a free trial version of Adobe InDesign6. I watched tutorials before beginning, but it seems that the "T" type tool is missing. Does anyone know why or how to resolve? Thanks.

Thanks for your help. It seems that the "Type on a path" tool was showing
up instead. When I right-clicked on it, I was able to toggle it back to
just "T".
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