Question: After Effects 5.5 Camera won't Orbit or Track XY or Z at ALL.

I use After Effects CS 5.5 on an OSX 10.7.4.
When I try to use a Camera Orbit or Track tool, it doesn't want to do it. Never moves. It just makes that error-beep every time I click.
I want to find out what's wrong with it, what couldv'e happened and how I can get it to move again.
Thank you

Yes to all of them. However, I already found the problem...the eye icon beside it was shut off.
But thank you for your help.

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