Deleting whole measures from a song (SOLVED!)

I would imagine this is a simple task, but I can't find it anywhere in the help files.
I want to remove 4 bars from the intro to a song. Do I have to manually delete the clips and then manually select the clips after the deletion and move them to the new location?
If I can insert a measure of time across tracks, surely removing a measure is the reverse of this process?

Thanks for your answer, but what do you mean by "select measures at the timeline"?
Delete SPecial is greyed out as I have nothing selected, which was my question, do I have to manually click on every clip across all the tracks?

And by Select Measure at the timeline he means to put your cursor over the bottom half of the timeline with the Smart Tool (it should turn into an "I" shape) then click and drag over the range you want to remove. This is called a "Range Selection" and again is a very basic but important function for editing audio.

Ah, right. It stays an arrow. I was thinking of the range selection cursor in the Clips Pane. The tuts only take a a couple afternoons but will save you a TON of time trying to figure out how to do the basics. Well worth it. You might want to snag X2 Power by Scott Garrigus when it comes out as well. His stuff is easier to understand than the manual.

It is all described in Tutorial 6 - Editing Your Music pg 143. That section would take you maybe 10-20 minutes to work through and it is hugely important. There are more intricate editing features but that tut will cover most of the common functions you will be doing over and over again in Sonar.

BUT there is a reason you should walk through ever one of those tuts one step at a time. You will be able to move around the main elements of the program a lot easier so you can move onto more in depth topics. Trust me... you will only hold yourself back if you have to come here asking about basic functions.

Again, thanks for the info, but of course I already read this section (6) completely before posting. It describes how to edit an individual clip, but there is nothing to explain about deleting a range of events between 2 points, which is a fundamental part of song arrangement (for me anyway)
I also looked in the Arranging and editing section and it wasn't there either?
Where is the pdf to be found? Is it different than the online help within the program?
Cheers

All those editing techniques apply to all tracks that are selected. That means if you select things the way I described earlier then do the stuff described in that chapter the changes will happen on all of the selected tracks. Select Tracks 1, 2 and 3 so their track numbers are blue and crop the ends, drag the clips, make a split, etc and the change will apply to all of them.

Just reading the tuts isn't as beneficial as actually performing the steps within the sample projects. Not trying to be a jerk here but you are going to get very frustrated very quickly if you don't scoop up these basic skills before trying to start putting projects together. Cheers.

I don't think you are being a jerk at all, feel free to give me advice, it's appreciated.
Thanks for the explanations of selection etc, but of course I had already understood this, I didn't just open the program and expect it to teach me everything! (not defending myself, just letting you know that I already read through all the basic stuff before I even opened the program.
But, you're still missing my point. What I actually asked isn't even in the tutorial! As I said, it deals with a single clip, not multiple clips across tracks.
You told me how to do it, but I still can't find any reference to it in the help!
I've just searched the help files for how to edit multiple notes velocities, same problem, I can't find how to do it! I have a simple kick drum pattern and I've just edited each individual note's velocity one at a time in the event list view. There must be a better way, but I can't find it either in the pdf or even a Google search!
My song is already almost complete. I have over 30 tracks of music with effects, busses, panning, volume, send automation etc and I'm about to record the vocals. Apart from the vocals, and some special effects I want to add, the mix is pretty much complete. I couldn't really get that far just by trial and error, I have put the effort in (and realise of course that I still have a lot to learn!) My issue is that the info is not easy to access.