Greetings Novel,
I hear you and I've talked about this on my blog -- the Messenger UI is completely
unintuitive for new users, never mind the help system.
Anyway, the 'Add' button is to the right of the 'Find a contact' field within the main
window. The icon is a small green man with a small + on him.
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"Novel" <> wrote in message
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> I installed the 8.1 version of windows live messenger. I am trying to get
> started by adding some names that i would like to keep in contact with but
> don't know how. I checked help and it said to go to the top and click "Add"
> button...I do not show an "Add" button. How does one get started in this
> complex environment?