No dimensions showing on the parts drawing.

I have been trying to learn SW for over a year and I get stuck right at the start with things not doing what they should according to both the offical SW tutorials and with YouTube tutorials. At the moment I am right at the beginning of doing my first Centre Rectangle. I can click the icon, bring the cursor to the red XYZ axis base and then bring out the rectangle, but I cannot see any dimensions, or dimension box to insert the dimensions I want. How do I get it to display these very basic dimensions?

Thanks in advance. This is driving me potty.