Windows 8 iTunes not allowing "sync" with iPod

New laptop with Windows 8. Downloaded iTunes software. Manage to upload songs from iPod. But after purchasing new music, could not sync back to iPod. The iPod icon is there but the option to "sync" under Devices is grayed out. Any ideas?  Thanks, Yvonne

If you want to use the command in the menu bar
File -> Devices -> Sync...
you must have your iPod selected in iTunes.  If the iTunes sidebar (along left side of window) is hidden, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.  The iPod appears in the sidebar, under DEVICES, when connected.  Click on it there to select it.  Then, that command in the menu bar will be enabled.  But it does the same thing as clicking the Sync button at the lower right corner, when you have the iPod selected.
NOTE:  If you do not have the iPod set up to automatically sync your new songs, clicking on Sync will not put them on the iPod.  If you need help in setting up how iTunes syncs your iTunes library to your iPod, please post back.

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