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Apple Logic Pro 8 User Manual

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Chapter 8

Basic Operations

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Selecting Several Regions, Events, and Other Elements

You will often need to select multiple regions, events, or other elements, in order to
move, process, or copy them, for example.

To select all regions, events, or elements in a window:

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Choose Edit > Select All (or use the corresponding key command,
default: Command-A)

To deselect all regions, events, or elements in a window:

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Choose Edit > Deselect All (or use the corresponding key command,
default: Shift-Command-A)

To select several non-contiguous regions, events, or elements in a window:

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Shift-click on them, one-by-one.

As subsequent regions or events are selected, the previous selections are retained.

Making Horizontal Selections

Horizontal selections can be made in a number of editing windows, allowing you to
quickly select all regions, or events that are horizontally aligned on a lane.

To select all regions on a track in the Arrange area, do one of the following:

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Click on the track name in the track list.

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Choose Edit > Select All Following of Same Track (or use the corresponding key
command). All regions following (after) the selected region will be selected.

To select all events (of a specified event definition) in the Hyper Editor, do one of the
following:

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Click on the event definition name.

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Choose Edit > Select All Following of Same Pitch (or use the corresponding key
command). All events after the selected event will be selected.

To select all notes of a certain pitch in the Piano Roll Editor, do one of the following:

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Click the relevant key on the Piano Roll keyboard.