[Brian]

It may help for you to include some screenshots of what you are seeing.

You can take a screenshot by pressing command-shift-4, which will give you a selection cursor. Tap your Space key, click on the window you want to capture, and when you release the mouse the image will be saved to your desktop as 'Picture 1', 'Picture 2', etc.

You can then use the paper-clip button in the forum post interface to attach the pictures to your post.

If you make sure the view bar is visible (you can show it under the view menu if it isn't already) and let us know which actions you don't want to be seeing in this perspective, we'll probably be able to offer specific help.