Hi,

It may be a button from the Control toolbox instead of the Forms one you
previously used.

Try View|Toolbars - Control Toolbox

Click the leftmost icon on the toolbar to enter design mode.

Mike

"eighthman11" wrote:

Using Excel 2003. I have adopted someone else spreadsheet. I am not
an excel expert. When I right click a button on the spreadsheet while
in "Design Mode" I can not see "Properties" or "View Code" options for
the button. I don't see where any "Protection" has been put in place
for the spreadsheet.

I added my own button to the spreadsheet and I can see the "Properies"
and "View Code" options when I right click the button I create.

Any help appreciated. Like I said I am not an expert, just someone
who got stuck with a project.

thanks ray