Q: Newbie... following instructions and hopelessly lost

Sorry for being so stupid, but the instructions say:

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To create a component, you select the appropriate component from the
Palette. Components are grouped for easier access, e.g. the basic
controls are together. Once you have selected a control, the status
bar in the Palette shows the selected control.

To place the component move the cursor onto the Designer. Click the
mouse once in the position where the component is required. Once the
component is on the form, it can be moved and resized. You move it by
placing the mouse within the component and dragging it. You resize it
by dragging one of  the eight markers shown on the edge of a selected
control.

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So I:

1. created a frame
2. opened the frame designer
3. selected the static bitmap
4. clicked on the frame

At this point a very small box with diagonal red lines appears.
However, nothing I do at this point seems to either remove or resize
it. In particular, there is no sign of "eight markers" that might
allow me to change its size from something microscopic to something
usable.

I also note that right-clicking brings up a context menu with
helpful-looking commands like "Align..." and "Size..." but selecting
those does not bring up any secondary menu (which one would expect to
appear because of the ellipses).

So I'm completely lost. The instructions seem clear. I believe that I
am following them. But nothing I do seems to actually move or resize
the static bitmap.

This is with kubuntu dapper 64-bit (boa constructor 0.4.4, which is
the version in the dapper repository).

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