# Working with Selections

You can select and modify any drawing object. When you select a drawing object, a bounding box appears around it and you can then change its properties (color, shape, angle) or it’s location in the drawing space.

You can change an object’s properties interactively in the View window or by changing its properties in the Properties window.

There are several ways to select drawing objects:

- To select all the objects, select Edit > Select All.
- To select one or more objects, click the Select tool and use one of these methods:

- Click the object you want to select. To select more than one object, press [Shift] and click the objects you want to select.
- Drag the Select tool over each object (drawing a selection square across each object).
- Press [Command] and drag the lasso around or through each object you want to select.

| As long as a selected drawing object was not created with the text tool, you can copy them by pressing [Option] and dragging the selection away from its original position.

To deselect the objects, you have two choices:

- To deselect an object without deselecting the others, press [Shift] and click on the objects you don’t want.
- To deselect them all, you can select Edit > Deselect All, click the Select tool in an empty space in the Drawing View window, or press [Esc].

See Also
Ordering Drawing Objects
Resizing, Flipping, Rotating and Moving Drawing Objects
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Drawing Objects
Deforming a Drawing Object
Exposure Sheet and Timeline Windows