How do i create a playlist from an album?

apparently i have to type more here to get the ball rolling...?
I am new to iTunes. I have loaded a few albums from CD into iTunes, and I can play them & even burn new CDs... But I'd like to do more complex stuff, and the help screens I have read seem to assume a lot of stuff I don't know.
That's why I started with what I thot was a simple question (How do i create playlist from album; ****! I can't even copy & paste here!) but I dont think I have even submitted my question yet.
Maybe i shoulda started with a question about HOW to navigate in the "Apple Support Communities"...
I apologize for any protocol violations i am committing with this & pray some one will take pity on an old guy who doesn't speak 'apple'...

Hello Rhea,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you are trying to create a playlist of a specific album. I have a couple of suggestions you can try.
First, your menu options may currently be hidden in iTunes. I recommend turning them on first if they are not currently visible:
To keep the iTunes menus active, change the setting by selecting the Menu icon in the upper-left, and then selecting Show Menu Bar. Alternatively, you can press Control-B.
Find more information about the enabling the menu in this article:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
Next, follow these steps to create your playlist. In step 3, drag the album tracks to the playlist you created:
Create a playlist
Choose File > New > Playlist.
Type a name for the playlist.
To add items, drag them to the playlist on the right side of the iTunes window.
When you’re finished adding items, click Done.
You can find those steps in the following article:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Create a playlist
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12340
There is an alternate way you can create a playlist as well using the sidebar. First, you will need to make the sidebar visible:
Show Sidebar - Choose View > Show Sidebar (this feature will display iTunes features on the left side of the application including Library, Store, Shared, Genius, and Playlists).
These steps are available in this article:
iTunes 11: Frequently used features
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
Once you have the sidebar enabled, follow the steps in this video to create a playlist and add an album to it (the title of this video says iTunes 10, but the steps are the same for iTunes 11 once you enable the sidebar):
iTunes 10: Playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/VI71
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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