Drop Shadow etc in Illustrator cc

My version of Illustrator CC doesn't have any options for drop shadows etc. under stylise - is there something else I should download?

Sally,
There are two Stylize groups under Effect. Have you looked into both?
If it is in neither, you probably have a preference corruption, in which case you may try one or more of these:
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder http://www.bugge.com/Family-and-friends/Illy/illy.html (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible).

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