TouchUp Text Tool on Adobe Professional 8.0

I am trying to add text to a document using the TouchUp Text Tool on Adobe Professional 8.0. When I go to "Help" to get directions on performing this task, it say to select the TouchUp Text tool, then Ctrl-click where I want to add text. A "New Font dialog box" should appear.
The problem is, when I Ctrl-click where I want to add text, nothing happens.
What am I doing wrong, and what should I be doing instead?

>what should I be doing instead?
You may try asking in the Acrobat forum for starters...

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