Hello All.
Ok My question is probably very simple, and YES I did check the knowledge bas but could find nothing…
I am using the latest version of Blender and my problem is…My buttons do not display like everyone else’s it seems.
Here is what I see…
And here is what I think I should be seeing…at least its how every tutorial I have come across is laid out…
your view is correct.
the other picture is outdated. most of the buttons are still there, just look around 
The GUI was changed so some of the older tutorials show the older GUI.
So…basically the older GUI was better? lol Is there any way I can adjust/change the display to resemble the old version?
Erin
not that I know of. You can rearrange the panel though.
Rearrange how? Just move them around?
yes, just LMB hold on the panel header a move it, or RMB for other choices, not many though.
You’ll have to understand that Blender changes a lot and quite frequently. A good portion of the tutorials and documentation that have been written could be outdated, so the interface may look a bit different. But for the most part the old tutorials still apply to the new versions so we read them anyway :).
You could rearanged the panels but you won’t be able to rearrange the buttons themselves. New ones are also added and some might have been removed due to redundancy.
Personally I would just understand where all of the buttons are and then when a tutorial shows pictures of where they used to be you’ll still know where they are.
Metsys,
Well put!
In the top link in my sig is a link to version 2.25, the one with the interface you see in the older tuts. It’s ideal for learning and you can have it loaded alongside v:2.36. Once you know your way around the transition will be a breeze.
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Those pics were taken when blender still had the old interface, you’re using the new interface.
Take a look at the ‘basic interface video-tutorial’ (by mr. Metsys) in the video-tutorial section of www.blender3d.org, pretty neat. It also covers this kinda stuff. 