Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 365)

Chapter 26 Finding and Selecting Content in the Timeline 365
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To select all clip items after a specified item on a single track:
1 Do one of the following:
 Select the Select Track Forward tool in the Tool palette.
 Press the T key once, so the Select Track Forward tool is selected in the Tool palette.
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 Do one of the following:
 Select the Select Track Backward tool in the Tool palette.
 Press the T key twice, so the Select Track Backward tool is selected in the Tool palette.
2 Click a clip item in the Timeline.
The item you click and all items before it are selected.
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Tip: You can temporarily disable 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.
 Press the T key four times to select the Select All Tracks Forward tool, or press the
T key five times to select the Select All Tracks Backward tool.
Select All Tracks Forward
Select All Tracks
Backward