ICM... I believe if you select them using the icons at the bottom of the screen (whatever that's called, looks like a miniature 'create' pallette), you can 'select all of type' or whichever ones you wish to select, without having to ungroup them. The 'select all of type' option will select all of that type of item without selecting any group they are in. Of course... I may be wrong about this one, too. :)