Manually Managing Tracks in ipod Shuffle

Can I manually manage audio tracks in ipod shuffle using itunes ? If yes then how ?
Thanks.

my shuffle is a 2g lime green older colors and my autofill isn't working and i only have 150 songs on it and no songs will go even if i drag them over to shuffle and i have it set to convert to 128 kbps ACC

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    (I manually manage the music on my nano, not auto sync)

    You could just go to the top of the page and click the word ipod:
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    Then clcik the ipod nano forum
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    shuffle 2nd generation?
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    podcasts, at second place is my current audiobook,
    sequentially the music is listed.
    the podcasts and audiobooks are marked with the tag
    "not play while shuffle play". so that works fine. if
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    list, because of listening to my audiobook or
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    of songs or reconnect it with my computer. even if i
    turn off the ipod it won't start from the beginning
    of the playlist.
    that ***** a little bit. is there a trick, to go back
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