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I'm looking at the manual for Vertex Groups Panel Controls, here. It's for version 2.78, and I'm running 2.78.

The manual states that I should see "Assign" and "Weight" controls in the Vertex Groups box when a certain group is made active (light blue). Here's a screenshot from the manual:

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But I don't see this on my screen. I have made the vertex group active, but I don't see the "Assign" and "Weight."

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I'm stuck with no way to hook my armature bones up to my vertices. Please help!

I also have not been able to find the controls for "weight painting." Alt, Shift, Ctrl, etc., in all combinations with W didn't surface weight painting for me.

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    $\begingroup$ Are you in Edit Mode? You won't see the Assign button unless you're in edit mode on the object. $\endgroup$
    – Xuan
    Commented May 26, 2017 at 16:54
  • $\begingroup$ Please add images using the built-in image uploader. See: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75491/… $\endgroup$
    – Ray Mairlot
    Commented May 26, 2017 at 17:22
  • $\begingroup$ @RayMairlot I tried to use the built-in image uploader but it did not work at all. The dialog box for the built-in image uploader was completely unresponsive. $\endgroup$
    – Reb.Cabin
    Commented May 26, 2017 at 19:10
  • $\begingroup$ @Xuan that was it. If you elevate your comment to an answer I will accept it. $\endgroup$
    – Reb.Cabin
    Commented May 26, 2017 at 19:11

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To be able to assign vertices to vertex groups, you need to be in EDIT mode

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  • $\begingroup$ I did a search on the manual page for the word "edit" and did not find any statement of the fact that you need to be in edit mode to assign vertices to vertex groups, so your answer unblocked me and i'm grateful. $\endgroup$
    – Reb.Cabin
    Commented May 26, 2017 at 20:33

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