this is not exactly true - the fields are there if I add them to the view separately, but I cannot use them in a calculated column.
I have an info path form libary where I now have 2 content types - version 1 and version 2.
in order to compensate for now having 2 columns with the same name in the form library I created calculated columns based on content type.
however 2 fields will not work. one is a date field and one is a name field.
if I add the fields/columns to the view separately, the values show up fine.
problem #2
I added one of the site columns to the default view only thinking that might help... now I can't remove it... where can I do that?