Editing playlists in iTunes 11 ?

Does anyone know how to edit playlists in the new ITunes 11 ?
The tutorial states that there is a button on the bottom half of the screen that should allow for this, like there was in
previous versions, but i have not been able to find this.
Thanks for any input.
N

Thanks for your response...The problem is that I do not have that button under the button for the Itunes store.
I have inserted a screenshot to demonstrate this, but it might be too small to see properly.
Do i need to download Itunes again ??

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