Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 557)

2 Click anywhere in the track. All clips in the track are selected, as well as any items linked
to those clips.
All clips in V1 are selected.
You can also select all items before or after a specified clip item. For example, if you want
to select all clip items in track V1 except for the first item, you can use the Select Track
Forward tool.
To select all clip items after a specified item on a single track
1 Select the Select Track Forward tool in the Tool palette (or press the T key).
2 Click a clip item in the Timeline.
The item you click and all items after it are selected.
To select all clip items before a specified item on a single track
1 Select the Select Track Backward tool in the Tool palette (or press the T key twice).
2 Click a clip item in the Timeline.
The item you click and all items before it are selected.
Tip: You can temporarily turn off linked selection by holding down the Option key while
clicking a clip item.
Selecting All Items on All Tracks Forward or Backward
When there are many clips in a sequence, it’s difficult to see and select many of them at
once, especially if you don’t want to zoom in and out frequently. The Select All Tracks
Forward and Select All Tracks Backward tools let you simply select all clip items before
or after a selected clip.
To select all clip items on all tracks before or after a selected clip
1 Do one of the following:
• Select the Select All Tracks Forward or Select All Tracks Backward tool in the Tool palette.
557 Chapter 37 Finding and Selecting Content in the Timeline