place text on path, unwanted border on text

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when I right click on the path, in the paths dialogue,
the dropdown does not have the tools option at the bottom, 
see attached, I also created a new path, with no
actions on it to test the plugin

my documentation html that came with the download,
shows 3 sub options after clicking tools,
one being text along path, they are different from options that
show on the example video. 
there is no info at all like the sample video showing first a search, 
then  a new dialogue box, where all the work gets done, including
adding the text at that point only

so not sure why you explaining:
"If you find that a plugin is not easy to find, there are ways."

It seems, I have to figure out why the plugin is not being invoked in fthe first place
something to set in preference?