Continuing a path in CS6

Question

I'm using the pen in Illustrator to create a path, but after clicking something else I can't seem to continue the same path.  The new anchors are all creating new paths, which I absolutely do not want.  I have clicked the pen icon and clicked the end anchor to no avail.  I have tried selecting and deselecting the path, I have tried new anchors and old, clicked the path with a plus sign, minus sign, and asterisk and nothing seems to work.  I read somewhere that I should look for the pen with a box and a line through it, but I have yet to see anything like that. I've read the manual, I've watched Adobe TV, and watched tutorials on YouTube.  I have spent upwards of two hours trying to figure out something that I would have preferred take two minutes.  My hope is that I am missing something simple and that someone can enlighten me. 

Answer 1

it should be this simple, grab the pen tool (P), move the mouse over an end anchor of an OPEN path (selected or not) until you see a slash sign ( / ), next to the plus ( + ) pen tool cursor icon, click on the anchor and that's it, you're ready to keep adding to the path.