Open Shapes Window

[RichardR]

I cannot find the shapes window so I cannot open any stencils. It used to be on the left next to the drawing window. The Stencil tab is still selected in the ribbon. I am using Visio 2010 and it is running in developer mode. I am missing something obvious but still can't see it.

[aledlund]

go to the view menu, press the task panes icon
hth,
al

[RichardR]

I thought it would be simple!  Thanks