No option to create shared photo stream?

I'm using Aperture 3.4.1 on both my iMac and my MacBook and am unable to create a shared photostream on either. 
According to the instructions at http://help.apple.com/aperture/mac/3.3/#aprd8aa8a57, the user is supposed to:
To create a shared photo stream
Select the photos you want to share, then do one of the following:
Choose File > Share > Photo Stream.
Choose Photo Stream from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the Photo Stream dialog, choose New Photo Stream from the Photo Stream pop-up menu.
In the To field, type the email addresses for your invitees., etc.
However, I never receive a Photo Stream dialogue or an option to choose "New Photo Stream".  When I click on PhotoStream from File>Share, Aperture immediately begins uploading the photos to my main feed.  Occasionally there is a flash that makes me wonder if Aperture is somehow suppressing a dialogue box.
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.

You are not mentioning your Mac OS X Version:
Just to be sure: Are you running MacOS X 10.8.2? Otherwise you cannot use a Shared PhotoStream.
And you have to enable "Shared PhotoStream" in "System Preferences > Photo Stream > Options".
See: iCloud: Using and troubleshooting Shared Photo Streams
Regards
Léonie

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