Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 561)

Selecting a Vertical Range Between In and Out Points
When you want to copy, move, or cut a selection of content that ranges vertically across
multiple tracks, a quick method is to select it by setting In and Out points.
To select clip items between sequence In and Out points
1 Set In and Out points in either the Canvas or the Timeline.
2 In the Timeline, turn on the Auto Select controls for tracks that contain clip items you
want to select.
For more information, see “Using Auto Select to Specify Tracks for Selections.”
3 Choose Mark > Select In to Out (or press Option-A) to select your clips.
Only the parts of clip items between the In and Out points in tracks with Auto Select
turned on are selected.
Final Cut Pro also allows you to create In and Out points from the current Timeline
selection. For more information, see
“Setting In and Out Points Based on a Selection in
the Timeline.”
561 Chapter 37 Finding and Selecting Content in the Timeline