[Gimp-user] Where is the Gimp Text Editor located

["drsfunderwood wave-net net" <drsfunderwood wave-net net>]

I am a novice at GIMP and getting more frustrated at every turn. I am doing 
a simple map. Outline, rivers, a few geographic features and some towns. I 
want to add text. I think I'm hitting the text icon under Toolbox (A T next 
to an A) but when I hit the function I do not get GIMP TEXT EDITOR. I 
simply gives me a box that I can type into but will not let me 
center/copy/past on the map. What am I missing where do I find the GIMP 
TEXT EDITOR box as shown in the tutorial?