Large selections

You can make large selections, including selecting the contents of whole staves or the whole flow.

Select everything in a specific area: You can use the Marquee Tool to specify an area in which you want to select everything.

Select everything in the whole flow

Select everything on a single staff

Select the first note on the staff, hold down Shift, and select the last note on the staff.
Select the first note on the staff and choose Edit > Select To End Of System or Edit > Select To End Of Flow.
Make a marquee selection that includes the staff you want to select.

Select everything on multiple adjacent staves

Select one whole staff at the top/bottom of the range of staves you want to select and press Shift-Up Arrow or Shift-Down Arrow until all the staves you want are selected.
Select one whole staff at the top/bottom of the range of staves you want to select and Shift-click the staff at the other end of the range of staves you want to select.
Make a marquee selection that includes the staves you want to select.

Tip

If you want to select only a certain type of item, such as lyrics or dynamics, you can then use the corresponding filters.