newbie confusion

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?

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?