SMART PLAYLISTS

I have created a smart playlist, and I have given a bunch of songs ratings of 5 stars, and I want to have the playlist do that. So i pull down the list and hit My Rating, and the next one and hit "is" but I can't edit the amount of stars that the songs on the playlist should have. How do i do that?

Hi, Daniel.
Posting the same question twice makes it difficlut to follow the answeres and suggestions given. Please limit this problem to the other thread.
hudgie

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