newbie question :)

 From:  stevecim
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Hi all.

run into some trouble on a model, so I thought I would go through all the functions in the help file, to have a better understanding , rather then just try to do every thing with a small subset of tools :)
not sure how to get the most out of Blend,
this is from the help file.






I thought that looks simple enough, but here is what I get






I think i'm missing a step?