Record Selection and Command Scope 

In some grids, you can select only a single row at a time; in others, you can select multiple rows (adjacent and non-adjacent). The way menu commands operate when multiple rows are selected in the grid in the top-right pane varies according to the mode you are in; certain operations may apply to all the selected grid rows, and others may apply only to the current row, as summarized in the following table.

Mode	Menu Commands	Detail Pane Changes
Record	Apply to all selected records.	Apply to all selected records.
Hierarchy	Apply to all selected records.	Apply to all selected records.
Taxonomy	Apply to all selected attributes.	Apply only to the current attribute (the one displayed in the Attribute Detail tab).
Family	n/a	Apply to all selected families.

MDM has several time-saving features for manipulating the order of rows and columns when you are working in a grid, as described in the following section.