How to shuffle a playlist in iTunes 11.0.4 with an iPod Classic 160 GB

Hi Everyone,
It had been a while since I've used my iPod Classic and I guess the newest iTunes update had changed things a bit. In the past I would click on a icon in the lower right corner of the playlist, each time you clicked the icon the playlist would shuffle itself. Now with the current iTunes I can't find that icon anywhere. Does anyone know where the missing icon is? Thanks in advance!

I'm a bit confused, but I assume you want to shuffle your playlist while you are playing it in iTunes. If this is so, you will actually have to start playing a song before the shuffle button appears, and it appears in the top center panel of your iTunes window. Yeah, I know...

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