All songs erased from iPod, still located on i Tunes

I recently deleted some songs from my iTunes. I then deleted the playlist "iPod selection" where songs that went on my iPod were located. I can't seem to get the songs currently on my iTunes to download onto the iPod. Tried to follow the directions on the support page but cannot locate the "Summary" tab. How can I manually put the songs from my iTunes back onto the iPod.

*Tried to follow the directions on the support page but cannot locate the "Summary" tab*
Connect your iPod to your computer. It should be appearing in the source pane which is the long pane on the left of the iTunes window where you see the icons for Movies, Music, Playlists etc. When you connect your iPod it should appear under the heading "Devices". Devices is only visible when an external source such as your iPod or a CD is mounted. Click on the iPod icon to highlight it, the will bring up the preference tabs in the main pane to the right, Summary is the very first tab.
*I then deleted the playlist "iPod selection" where songs that went on my iPod were located.*
You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod and then the playlist it has been updating from is deleted. Most people use this setting when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library. If your library is larger than the capacity of your iPod, iTunes by default makes a new playlist called something along the lines of "Owner's iPod". If you for any reason delete it, you will not be able to sync your iPod.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -iPod to make it the first playlist in Sources. You can make it a smart playlist that picks the songs for you or just a normal one and drag whatever content you want to have into the playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano. Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.

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