Refresh my memory - is there a quick and easy way to identify and select different material groups within the Preview window?  I currently just mouse over whatever I want to select and hope that Poser recognizes what I want to work with when I click where my cursor is, but half the time I don't know if what I clicked on is the right thing, and the other half Poser registers something completely different than what I intended to click on.

I haven't worked with DAZ since early 2011, but I believe it still has a menu option called the Surface Selection Tool.  When activated, the Preview window shows the different material zones in your scene.  When you mouse over a zone, the name of the material appears next to your cursor so there's no mistaking what you click on.

Is there anything like that in Poser?

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Nope.

Laurie

Hover your mouse  over the area, then RIGHT click and select.

Example the head?
Hover over the head with you mouse, Right click and select:
Mostly you can choose between head, hair, eyes.

Difficult to select otherwise but right click makes it easy.

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Excellent.  Thank you.