I am about to try programming the 16F84 (first attempt at anything with a
pic) so I obtained a simple LED chaser program from a site and it builds
properly and simulates in MPlab, and I can view the file registers but how
can I take a look at the bits on the ports?

This program uses PORTB for the 8 LEDs and I would like to see what is
happening to the bits on this port in MPsim.  Last year the guy who
introduced  me to PICs had a bit display window somehow but now I've
forgotten how to look at the port outputs.