Unable to use "Edit in Photoshop"

I am using Lightroom 3 on my Mac. I have been unable to switch from Lightroom to "Edit in Photoshop" when I go to the "Photo" menu - the words are just not highlighted. I have tried to access this through Library and Develop. What am I not doing right? Thanks

If you have PSE installed, you should get the option "Edit in Adobe Photoshop Elements ..." in the context menu.
If not I would re-install PSE8.
Beat
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I really appreciate your explaining this Jao.
I'm going to explain how I got into this situation, in the hopes that it may prove useful to someone (I'm looking at you, Adobe) who wants to understand how the app is being used in the real world.
So as not to break up the narrative, let me just say that I'd be happy (ecstatic, actually) if I could use Lightroom for my entire workflow, but the noise reduction filter in LR is just nowhere near as good as NoiseNinja. (A problem shared by LR, PS, and Aperture.) If I could run NN from inside LR, that would rock.
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