Just select the right mode from the icons at the bottom of the screen or use shortcuts (E for edge, F for face, V for vertice, B for object) and select an area, face, pair of edges/vertices and right click. a menu will appear with all of your options. Conect is one I use a lot, no need to right click, just select a pair of verts/edges and press C. If you go to the Wings page (link above) there are some very useful plugins that add more options! Oh and if you press B select the object and then press S (smooth) It'll subdivide the whole mesh, you can keep some edges hard by selecting them in edge mode, right clicking, selecting hardness>hard then subdividing the mesh. Have fun, this is a great modeller! Baz