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@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ you want them saved. Then come back to the Session panel. Select the
 \q{Default Settings} entry in the saved sessions list, with a single
 click. Then press the \q{Save} button.
 
+\lcont{
 Note that PuTTY does not allow you to save a host name into the
 Default Settings entry. This ensures that when PuTTY is started up,
 the host name box is always empty, so a user can always just type in
 a host name and connect.
+}
 
 If there is a specific host you want to store the details of how to
 connect to, you should create a saved session, which will be
@@ -69,6 +71,14 @@ Sessions} input box. (The server name is often a good choice for a
 saved session name.) Then press the \q{Save} button. Your saved
 session name should now appear in the list box.
 
+\lcont{
+You can also save settings in mid-session, from the \q{Change Settings}
+dialog. Settings changed since the start of the session will be saved
+with their current values; as well as settings changed through the
+dialog, this includes changes in window size, window title changes
+sent by the server, and so on.
+}
+
 \b To reload a saved session: single-click to select the session
 name in the list box, and then press the \q{Load} button. Your saved
 settings should all appear in the configuration panel.
@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ settings should all appear in the configuration panel.
 \b To modify a saved session: first load it as described above. Then
 make the changes you want. Come back to the Session panel, and press
 the \q{Save} button. The new settings will be saved over the top of
-the old ones
+the old ones.
 
 \lcont{
 To save the new settings under a different name, you can enter the new
@@ -2443,11 +2453,15 @@ address to listen on, by specifying (for instance) \c{127.0.0.5:79}.
 See \k{using-port-forwarding} for more information on how this
 works and its restrictions.
 
+In place of port numbers, you can enter service names, if they are
+known to the local system. For instance, in the \q{Destination} box,
+you could enter \c{popserver.example.com:pop3}.
+
 You can modify the currently active set of port forwardings in
-mid-session using \q{Change Settings}. If you delete a local or
-dynamic port forwarding in mid-session, PuTTY will stop listening
-for connections on that port, so it can be re-used by another
-program. If you delete a remote port forwarding, note that:
+mid-session using \q{Change Settings} (see \k{using-changesettings}).
+If you delete a local or dynamic port forwarding in mid-session, PuTTY
+will stop listening for connections on that port, so it can be re-used
+by another program. If you delete a remote port forwarding, note that:
 
 \b The SSHv1 protocol contains no mechanism for asking the server to
 stop listening on a remote port.
@@ -2463,6 +2477,11 @@ although the port cannot be reused by another program, you can at
 least be reasonably sure that server-side programs can no longer
 access the service at your end of the port forwarding.
 
+If you delete a forwarding, any existing connections established using
+that forwarding remain open. Similarly, changes to global settings
+such as \q{Local ports accept connections from other hosts} only take
+effect on new forwardings.
+
 \S{config-ssh-portfwd-localhost} Controlling the visibility of
 forwarded ports