an easier way to select objects is using the control-click feature. if you control-click a mass of wireframe objects, a pop-up menu appears and you can select specific objects from there. another way to select objects (or object types, i.e. lights) is to click on the icon in the very bottom right hand corner (it looks like a circle with grid lines on it). once you click that, a menu appears that covers the animation controls. you can select individual objects or object types through this menu. along with the tab and plain old clicking, those are the only ways i know ; ) Gecko