To Select One Or More Clips; To Copy And Paste At The Current-Time Indicator - Adobe PREMIERE PRO 2 Manual

To select one or more clips

When you want to perform an action that affects a clip as a whole, such as applying an effect, deleting a clip, or
moving a clip in time, first select the clip in the Timeline panel. The toolbox contains selection tools that can handle
various selection tasks.
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Do any of the following:
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To select a single clip, use the Selection tool
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To select only the audio or video portion of a clip, use the Selection tool
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To select multiple clips by clicking, use the Selection tool
a selected clip to deselect it.)
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To select a range of clips, click in an empty area of the sequence under the time ruler, and then drag a rectangle
(marquee selection) that includes any part of the clips you want to select.
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To add or subtract a range of clips in the current selection, Shift-drag a marquee around clips. Shift-dragging a
marquee that includes unselected clips adds them to the current selection. Shift-dragging a marquee that includes
selected clips deselects them.
Selecting a range of clips by dragging a marquee
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To select all clips that exist on and after a certain time on one track, select the Track Select tool
clip at the beginning of the time span you want to select. Shift-click with the tool to select clips in all tracks.
Selecting clips with the Track Select tool
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To select clips in a track independently of its linked video or audio, Alt-click using the Track Select tool

To copy and paste at the current-time indicator

You can copy and paste multiple clips at one time. The relative spacing (both horizontal spacing in time, and vertical
spacing in tracks) of clips is maintained.
Select one or more clips in the sequence, and choose Edit > Copy.
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In the Timeline panel, position the sequence current-time indicator to the point you want to paste a copy of the
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clip.
Select a target track compatible with the copied clip.
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and click a clip in the Timeline panel.
and Shift-click each clip you want to select. (Shift-click
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