Sync by song

How do I sync my itunes library to my Iphone 5 by checked and unchecked song and not ny artists, genre, etc... I have the latest version of Itunes.

I am using the software that came with the player (I have a Nano Plus - I'm just a beginner with these things!). When the Nano is connected to the computer, the tracks show as being sorted by track number (or artist, or genre, or whichever I select to sort by) but when I unplug the Nano and play from a folder, the songs in the folder are always in alphabetical order - it doesn't seem to retain the sort order from the computer.
This is the only complaint I have about this, and its not the end of the world, but it would be good to listen to albums in the order the songs are meant to be in....
Any thoughts...

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If you haven't tried it yet, I'd eliminate memory issues first. Close all of the apps with the double tap on the home button method
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5137
then restart the device.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
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... do you know if the contacts, photos, messages etc will be wiped?
Yes... Everything will be Wiped and Replaced with what is currently on Your Mac.
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See here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
From Here > http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
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My ipod touch os5 wont sync the song artist with my itunes... help me... i wan't my ipod song artist to be organized again like lha last OS...

my ipod touch os5 wont sync the song artist with my itunes... help me... i wan't my ipod song artist to be organized again like lha last OS...
i already organized my ipod songs name and all the artist.. buat it won't sync with my iPOD using OS5... i have no problem before using OS5... thank you...

You buy one and only one download.
As it should have been transferred to your computer when you synced, you can contact itunes support and ask for an exception.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes

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