I am very new to maya, i havent even purchased it yet i just got the trial today. I bought the apache tutorial to do it (well im not very new to 3d i have used lightwave for a year or so and 3ds max, also some 3d stuff with flash) so im at the art of the tutorial were he puts some stuff on the newly created shelf from the "edit polygon menu" i cant even find that menu!!!

I am on a mac using maya 2010 trial version

please help me, i searched every menu for these tools im missing:

Extrude face
Extrude edge
append to polygon tool
merge vertices

i think thats all the tools i cannot find any help much appreciated!!!