updated manual to 4.7.0

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@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ See <a href="Action-Menu.html#Action-Menu">Action Menu</a>.
 <br><dt>New Shuffle Game<dd><a name="index-New-Shuffle-Game_002c-Menu-Item-8"></a>Similar to &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">New Game</span></samp>&rsquo;, but allows you to specify a particular initial position
 (according to a standardized numbering system)
 in chess variants which use randomized opening positions (e.g. Chess960). 
-The selected opening position will persistently be chosen on any following
-New Game command until you use this menu to select another. Selecting
-position number -1 will produce a newly randomized position on any new game. 
+You can also press the &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Pick Fixed</span></samp>&rsquo; button to let XBoard generate
+a random number for you. 
+The thus selected opening position will then persistently be chosen on any following
+New Game command until you use this menu to select another. 
+Selecting position number -1 (or pushing the &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Randomize</span></samp>&rsquo; button)
+will produce a newly randomized position on any new game. 
 Using this menu item in variants that normally do not shuffle their opening position
 does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use the
 &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">New Shuffle Game</span></samp>&rsquo; menu to explicitly switch the randomization off,
@@ -134,8 +137,19 @@ FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation) format unless the <code>oldSaveStyle</code>
 option is true, in which case they are saved in an older,
 human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats
 can be read back by the &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Load Position</span></samp>&rsquo; command. 
-<br><dt>Mail Move<dt>Reload CMail Message<dd><a name="index-Mail-Move_002c-Menu-Item-16"></a><a name="index-Reload-CMail-Message_002c-Menu-Item-17"></a>See <a href="CMail.html#CMail">CMail</a>. 
-<br><dt>Exit<dd><a name="index-Exit_002c-Menu-Item-18"></a>Exits from XBoard. The <kbd>Ctrl-Q</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent. 
+<br><dt>Save Games as Book<dd><a name="index-Save-Games-as-Book_002c-Menu-Item-16"></a>Creates an opening book from the currently loaded game file. 
+The book will be saved on the file specified in the &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Common Engine</span></samp>&rsquo;
+options dialog. 
+The value of &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">Book Depth</span></samp>&rsquo; specified in that same dialog will
+be used to determine how many moves of each game will be added to
+the internal book buffer. 
+This command can take a long time to process,
+and the size of the buffer is currently limited. 
+At the end the buffer will be saved as a Polyglot book,
+but the buffer will ot be cleared,
+so that you can continue adding games from other game files. 
+<br><dt>Mail Move<dt>Reload CMail Message<dd><a name="index-Mail-Move_002c-Menu-Item-17"></a><a name="index-Reload-CMail-Message_002c-Menu-Item-18"></a>See <a href="CMail.html#CMail">CMail</a>. 
+<br><dt>Exit<dd><a name="index-Exit_002c-Menu-Item-19"></a>Exits from XBoard. The <kbd>Ctrl-Q</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent. 
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