Drop shadow not available?

Hi everybody, I'm kinda new to illustrator and I would appreciate your help on an issue I'm running into. I've been following a few tutorials that say to use Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow, but for me Drop Shadow is not available in that menu. The only thing that is available is "Glowing Edges." I'm trying to add a drop shadow to an ellipse, but I've tried it with lines and even that didn't work.
Any idea what is going on here?

Thanks for asking this and thanks Wade Z for answering...I've just spent 2 hours worrying about my installation of the programme!
Why don't adobe explain this in their basic info on drop shadows?...if there are 2 identical labels within one panel it's bound to cause trouble.
Adobe you owe me a pint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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