Adding names to Address Book from email

Panther's email had an icon in the toolbar enabling me to add the address of a currently open email to the address book. I can't find the same icon in Tiger's version and miss having it. I found a method to add the name via Help but it seems a step backward as far as I'm concerned. Do you know of a simple way to add names? Thanks in advance.

Hi.
In Tiger Mail:
Open a message, go to the Menu Bar, Messsage/Add Sender to Address Book or Coomand-Y.
Other way to do it is by clicking the From field of the opened message and select Add to Address Book.
Good Luck.
MacMini G4 1.25GHz 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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