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Pro Tools Reference Guide234
Selecting Tracks
Tracks need to be selected for operations such as
duplicating tracks or adding tracks to a group. One
or more tracks can be selected at a time.
To select a track:
 Click the name of an unhighlighted track in its
track channel strip.
To select a range of tracks:
1 Click the name of an unhighlighted track in its
track channel strip.
2 Shift-click an additional button.
All tracks between the first track selected and the
additional track will also be selected.
To select or deselect noncontiguous tracks, do
one of the following:
 Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Win-
dows)
Track Name buttons that are unhigh-
lighted to select them.
 Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Win-
dows)
Track Name buttons that are highlighted
to deselect them.
To select all tracks:
 Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) any
Track Name button that is unhighlighted.
To deselect all tracks:
 Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) any
Track Name button that is highlighted.
Selecting Tracks when Making Edit Selections
Pro Tools lets you link Track selection with Edit
selections. When Track and Edit selections are
linked, you can make a selection within a track or
across multiple tracks for editing and each associ-
ated track is selected (track names automatically
highlight).
To link Track and Edit selections:
 Select Options > Link Track and Edit Selection.
Scrolling a Track into View
The Scroll To Track dialog lets you type the name
of the track you want to scroll to. As you type a
track name, only those tracks whose names begin
with the letter you enter appear in the Scroll To
Track list. You can also Right-click a track name in
the Tracks List and choose
Scroll Into View.
To scroll to a track by name in the Edit or Mix
window:
1 Choose Track > Scroll To Track.
2 In the Scroll To Track dialog, type the first few
letters of the track name you want to scroll to.
Selected and unselected tracks
selected track
unselected track
Press Command+Option+F (Mac) or Con-
trol+Alt+F (windows) to open the Scroll to
Track dialog.