Preview under Lion. I am experiencing a different issue to most reported here.

Question

Preview is functional but not e.g. Remove Image from Background.
From the Select button the drop down list of facilities is missing.
The Help files state that this is where it should be.
So you can Select or select!
Reported this via the Feedback system.
Since when was it mandatory to type in your username, first time it has been requested of me.
Any ideas apart from revert to my copy of SL and it’s version of Preview, fortunately still available to me courtesy of a Clone.
All input will be most welcome.

Answer 1

i had one mac and spilt water on it, the motherboard fried so i had to buy a used one...being in school and all. it is a MC375lla
Model Name:
MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:
MacBookPro7,1
  Processor Name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:
2.66 GHz
  Number of Processors:
1
  Total Number of Cores:
2
  L2 Cache:
3 MB
  Memory:
8 GB
  Bus Speed:
1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version:
MBP71.0039.B0E
  SMC Version (system):
1.62f7
  Hardware UUID:
A802DE22-1E57-5509-93C5-27CEF01377B7
  Sudden Motion Sensor:
  State:
Enabled
i do not have a backup of it, so i am thinking about replacing my old hard drive from the water damaged into this one, not even sure if that would work, but it did not seem to be damaged, as i recovered all the files i wanted off of it to put onto this mbp
the previous owner didnt have it set to boot, they had all their settings left on it and tried to edit all the names on it, had a bunch of server info and printers etc crap on it.  i do not believe he edited the terminal system though--he doesnt seem to terribly bright(if thats possible)
tbh i hate lion compared to the old one i had, this one has so many more issues-overheating,fan noise, cd dvd noise
if you need screenshots or data of anything else as away
[problem is i do not want to start from scratch if there is a chance of fixing it, this one did not come with disks or anything like my first. so i dont even know if i could, and how it sets now i am basically starting from scratch, because now all my apps are reset but working, i am hoping to get my data back somehow though, i lost all of my bookmarks and editing all my apps and setting again would be a pain