I didn't even know this time saving technique until I looked at an XFrog tutorial. Materials can be copied and pasted between body parts and, although I haven't tried it, probably figures. By first Selecting All, All the materials (textures, bump maps, transparencies, etc.) can be copied and pasted in one fell swoop.  This will save a lot of time with my work. Others may already know about this trick, but it's the first I've learned of it.

My visual indexes of Poser content are at http://www.sharecg.com/pf/rgagnon