In Illustrator CS6, why can't I use the variable width selection?



In Illustrator CS6, why can't I use the variable width selection?


Question

It looks like this to me:

http://i.imgur.com/fbXDkfw.png

Where the second box is the variable width option. If it helps I expanded my path.

2013/05/11
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5/11/2013 9:21:00 PM

No stroke, no variable width profile for that stroke. It appears your selection has no stroke- which if this is the case you wouldn't have a width profile. Unless I'm misunderstanding this, you have to add a stroke.

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2013/07/16
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7/16/2013 2:52:00 PM