Saving PSD and JPG

Just lately I am having trouble saving PSD files as JPG's.  There are no layers, or I have flattened them.  When I choose Save As I am not given an option to save as a JPG.  I have the options to save as PSD, Cineon, PSB, RAW, PNG and TIFF.
I believe this is a new problem in my workflow.  I don't it recall it happening before.
I am using Windows XP and CS3
msmack

John:
Yup!  You hit the nail on the head.  My friend was fooling around on my computer and made changes to 16-bit.  He said I should always be working in 16 bit.  I have mixed feelings about this issue.
Thanks, I can now move forward.
msmack

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