Hi Cody,

re:
> Also, I believe you can hold down a key to ignore certain types of objects while selecting, but I'm
> not familiar with this feature and might have misunderstood something I read in these forums.

There is a selection filter that you can activate from the Scene Browser by holding down Ctrl when you click on the selection dot part of a scene browser item. Once you do that a filter icon will show there any any further selection actions will only target that category of objects.

You can also activate multiple filters like one on Styles > Red and another one on Types > Curves and then you'll only target red curves with your next selections.

When you're done using the filter you can use Ctrl+click again on it or push Esc to clear selection filters. Don't forget this because if you accidentally leave it on you'll wonder why selection on other things isn't working anymore.

- Michael