This thread might not be the place, but here goes:

I had a clipped shape with a dop shadow. Did that, filed it for months. Whwn I came back to it, I wanted to remove the clip...but it wouldn't because it had a dropshadow that needed to be removed first.

This is version 365.

Shouldn't I get an explanation onscreen as a hint for why the action wasn't possible?

Thanks!

-g