With the help of an experienced friend, I recently
installed Excel 2002(in a Windows 2000 system)and began to
use the macro and VBA features, and have experienced a
difficulty that makes these features much harder to use.

On my system, attachment of macros to command buttons
cannot be done in the manner described in the Excel Help
instructions (i.e. right click on the command button
sizing handles and enter the macro name in the "attach
macro" space of the menu. On my system, "CommandButton
Object-Edit" and "View Code" appear, but no "attach macro"
menu entry appears at all.

My friend is mystified, as he has found this convenient
feature to work consistently on several Excel versions he
has used over the years. What's wrong, and how can I
access this feature?

Suggestions much appreciated!