2014.3 -Can't apply drop shadow (or other effects) to text, however I can apply effect to shapes, Why?

I'm new to Muse, but have always been curious to try it. Today I updated to Muse CC 2014.3 after watching the "up and running with Muse" videos out on Lynda.com
I'm not sure if it's something i'm not doing correctly, but I can't apply drop shadow (or other effects) to text, however I can apply effect to shapes just fine, why?

This has to do with the way we set text to be rendered in the browser. You are able to apply a drop shadow to system fonts (which will be rasterized to an image in the browser), but currently web safe fonts with drop shadow aren't supported in Muse because we still support IE8 and IE9 -- which don't support the shadow effect for text. One sort of work around is to use two text frames, one which holds your text and one which has black coloring with opacity less than 100% applied to the text that gets set behind and offset to your text to appear as though it were drop shadow, while keeping your text live. Group them together and moving them shouldn't throw off your design too much.

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Can't select drop shadow

I have a file from a client that needs to be resized to a few different dimensions. The problem I'm having is that I can select the the layer but the drop shadow doesn't get selected along with the main shape. I've cut and pasted the file into a different document and the drop shadow isn't included. When I scale the shape, the drop shadow scales incorrectly. I using CS5 Extended on a Windows 7 PC.

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Another way is to, with the layer already placed and selected in the LAYERS panel, choose Layer - Layer Style - Scale Effects, and enter a new percentage. This can be more direct than changing the individual style elements manually.
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>i just want to know can i use drop shadow filter for
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I was able to create an ellipse to your dimension and got a good drop shadow. What happens if you manually make a drop shadow using appearance?
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