Preview Sidebar grayed out

Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, I can't turn on the Sidebar in Preview. The Preview Help bar points to Sidebar under the View menu with 2 options, Collapse All or Expand All. Both are grayed out. Search of support topics turned up several with Finder Sidebar problems, but not specifically with Preview. I'm probably overlooking something simple, but I can't find it. Thanks for your help

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