Thank you, Bestie!! I know that most tools have different options when using them and I'm pretty sure that isn't the issue here. However, like you and not being in front of my work PC (I am such a Macaholic), one never really knows what the tool settings are unless you are in front of them. So, when I report in to the gardens tomorrow morning, this will be the first thing I will check on before going on to using the suggestions Gedstar mentioned above. Thank you for your comeback! Always appreciate some expert help when I've already exhausted all the possible fixes I can think of. I'll let you all know if any of these ideas worked by end of day tomorrow. Happy Sunday!!
Nana
Heavens to Betsy
Actually my user name is "thebestcpu" and my real name is John Wheeler.
Adding to what @
IamSam already mentioned, the image below shows the three configurations for the Line Tool in the Tool Options panel in CS5 depending on which of the modes are selected (Shapes Layer, Paths, Fill Pixels).
The "Shapes Layer" option, when selected, does allow several additional options (as with CS6 shown by
IamSam) to either create new Layers or combine the new Line with an existing Lines in various ways. Instead of having a drop down to select which option, their own separate icons are placed directly on the Tools Option panel in CS5 just to the right of the Weight option.
However, once you have selected a new empty Layer, the only option initial available is to Create a New Shape Layer. The other options when adding the next line (add, subtract, intersect, and exclude) would not create a New Layer yet those options would have to be manually selected.
I still suspect that you do not have the Shapes Layer option selected yet either way, I bet you will have it figured out on Monday.