word 2003 "find" not working, tried restarting of course

[ummagumma]

I have searched online to repair my "find" tool, but cannot follow some of the directions for a fix since I guess my version doesn't have the updated features to activate in later versions of Word. Is anyone familiar with (Word 2003) how to fix this problem: the "find" in an open document doesn't produce a window to type a word to find the the respective document. I use "find" often in my research writing and this is annoying to say the least.