Home share not showing up in iTunes

When I try to set up "home sharing" in iTunes Advanced tab on the menu bar the "share" header shows up as it is supposed to.  When I press "done" to complete the step the "share" header disapears.  Therefore not allowing me to use home share as it is intended. 
Has anyone seen this before.

I discovered 2 things about home sharing.
1)  File sharing on the Mac must be turned on for this to work properly.  System Prefs -> Sharing -> File Sharing
2)  If you are not actively sharing iTunes with another computer - the Share header in iTunes is not visible.  When a computer actively connects with your iTunes to share, the Share header will show up along with details of the shared connection.
I hope this helps someone.

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