versions

AHA! Now I see it! I had (foolishly, I suppose) just not gone far enough. When I clicked on a previously published post, I finally arrived at the place where I could designate the “Revisions” screen option. Silly me. If I have this much trouble at 64, I’d better start arranging for full time care way before I turn 70. Now I know what my now-deceased father-in-law was feeling when he cautioned me not to get old!

Thank you all for your help.

Hmmm. After clicking on “Screen Options” I am presented with five and only five check-box options: “Author,” “Categories,” “Tags,” “Comments,” and “Date.” There is no check-box for “Revisions” or anything else. All the boxes are checked. Un-checking one or more does not reveal any others. Just below the five check-box options, I’m also presented the opportunity to specify how many posts I want to be displayed. I’m using WordPress 3.2.1. I seem to be missing yet some other part of the puzzle.

Thank you for such a cogent and understanding reply. Your hint that the Preview shows up as a new tab was right on (though I do feel a bit stupid for not even thinking of the possibility). Revisions and Restore, however, still elude me; I have scrolled to the bottom of the Large Text Area as well as to the bottom of the page and see absolutely nothing to do with revisions. I did discover that if I open the Kitchen Sink and do a Paste as Plain Text, all the post shows up just fine when published. It would be nice to have a resource such as Revisions and Restore, but I’ll take what I can get for now. Thanks again.
[I’m using Firefox 5 on a Snow Leopard Mac. I’ll next see what happens if I use Chrome or Safari.]