Where is keyboard viewer gone?

Hi there,
I am trying to display the keyboard viewer but it is nowhere to be found... Looking at the help it says:
<quote>
To access Keyboard Viewer:
1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click International.
2. Click Input Menu, then select the checkbox next to Keyboard Viewer
</quote>
Well I know it must be me but I can't see any checkbox or any reference to Keyboard Viewer. Am I think or is it really not there?...
Em

Under the "Input Menu" tab in "International" the first three items in the list should be "Character Palette", "Japanese Kana Palette", and "Keyboard Viewer", then a bunch of regional input methods depending on your OS localization.
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