Add note about support for more mouse buttons in MS Windows.

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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 51a95d08acc..ef57fa5824a 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ the cursor, for example screen magnifiers and text to speech programs.
 ** Tooltips now work on MS Windows.
 See the Emacs 21.1 NEWS entry for tooltips for details.
 
+** Pointing devices with more than 3 buttons are now supported on MS Windows.
+The new variable `w32-pass-extra-mouse-buttons-to-system' controls
+whether Emacs should handle the extra buttons itself (the default), or
+pass them to Windows to be handled with system-wide functions.
+
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 ** A French translation of the `Emacs Survival Guide' is available.