Where is "measure tool" - it is to weep . . .

So, I'm humiliating myself . . . what the hell, it's not like I'm using my real name.
Windows XP Home SP3
Photoshop v7.0
I was looking for a quick way to rotate an image arbitrarily. I looked through the forum here and found a reference to the "measure tool". I went all through Photoshop and couldn't find it. I checked the documentation and it says how to use it but not where to find it.
I made a half-hearted search here in the forum, but I doubted anybody would offhandedly mention it while dealing with something else.
I can't find it. Toolbox - can't find it. Menu - can't find it. Help - can't find it. Palette - guess.
Please tell me where it is. For the love of God.
"As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. "
- Arthur Conan Doyle -

Hi,
It's in your toolbox. It's housed in the same slot as the eye dropper and color sampler tool. If you click on the little black triangle at that location you'll get a fly out menu and can select that tool. Alternately, you can use the shortcut I. (Click i until it rotates into to the topmost slot and becomes the active tool...unless you have the box for use shift key for tool switch checked in the preferences which would make the shortcut shift + i.
Below is a link to an old tutorial for Photoshop 7 on using the measure tool. It also discusses using the tool to straighten an image.
http://garymgordon.com/misc/tutorials/photoshop_tutorial/ref/aatool_measure6.htm

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