Visual Editor tab is missing

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I have not done any work on websites in several years and am now trying to put a site together for our local club. I remembered that my old version of Coffeecup had a visual editing tab but the 2010 version I have loaded on my XP machine is missing the tab. Where have I screwed up and how do I fix it? I don't know what additional info might be needed so please let me know. Thanks.
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Sorry gang, I just found it. Stupid me.
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Hiya David,

Welcome to the forums and nothing stupid about that at all lol, many have asked that question so no worries and glad you found it. Not sure what version you "were" using so keep in mind that the Visual and Code tabs do not play nice together anymore so be sure to choose one or the other so that it doesn't mess up your code in the end. Enjoy the new version, it's quite nice :)
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WHERE IS IT?
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Rebecca Coombs wrote:
WHERE IS IT?

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to the program's Visual Editor. Over the years it had relied on controls that Microsoft had built into Windows but has been gradually discontinuing support for. In order to make the Visual Editor compatible with the new and important HTML5 web standards, we would need to research and develop a new way to program it — precious time that we'd rather devote to refining our beloved code editor.

We feel strongly about using the instant preview options when dealing with code. The split-screen preview shows changes on-screen as you make them, and the external preview can be open at all times in a different window (which is great if you use a second monitor). Try them! We're confident that you'll find these preview options just as useful as working with the visual editor.
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