Just to stress a point that sunandshadow touched on ... when trying to learn Blender from an online tutorial make sure the tutorial you are following specifically targets the version of Blender you have installed

(or that the two versions are equivalent UI-wise, which is a hard thing to figure out. Basically the executive summary on Blender versions is that if you have Blender with a version >= 2.5, don't bother with any reference material targeting versions earlier than 2.5).

Just to stress a point that sunandshadow touched on ... when trying to learn Blender from an online tutorial make sure the tutorial you are following specifically targets the version of Blender you have installed (or that the two versions are equivalent UI-wise, which is a hard thing to figure out).

Just to stress a point that sunandshadow touched on ... when trying to learn Blender from online tutorial make sure the tutorial you are following specifically targets the version of Blender you have installed (or that the two versions are equivalent UI-wise, which is a hard thing to figure out).