Joining paths

I am trying to join two different shapes by choosing object >path>join though I receive a message indicating it will not work because they are invalid objects. I tried this with simple shapes such as the star and rectangle. What types of shapes are valid to use the join command?
Thanks.

Open pats can be joined, try the pathfinder tool if you want to cpombine shapes.
use the help menu about the pathfinder and also live paint groups.
There are tutorials on Adobe TV as well and various other sights.
a star and a rectangle in the pathfinder use the top most left icon, Unite.

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