ITunes stopped seeing my address book

I've looked all over support and can't find what I need. My Contacts list will not sync in iTunes to my iPod. It used to, so it's merely outdated, but I couldn't tell you when it stopped. In iTunes, I can click Sync and All Contacts on and off (Selected groups does not seem to be an option) and Apply over and over again, but my contacts don't actually update. I tried restarting iTunes, restarting Address Book, no change.
Do I need to reinstall something, and if so, what?
MacBook 2.16GHz Duo
OSX 10.4.11
iTunes 7.6.2
iPod 5th Generation 60GB

Figured it out myself, I suppose. Contacts in iTunes doesn't allow me nearly as much flexibility as Address Book. Got custom labels for phone numbers or emails? Too bad. Got two different home addresses for one person -- street and PO Box? Too bad. Name one as home and one as work, or it doesn't show up. Does the iPhone have this limitation too? I will probably buy one before the year is out, but this is kind of annoying.

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