Immediate selection is a method of selecting vertices to make them available for weighting in one operation.
To select a group of vertices:
Click-drag across a group of vertices in the Viewer window.
To deselect a group of vertices:
Middle-click and drag to create a deselection area.
Double-click an empty location in the Viewer window.
To reverse the selection of a vertex:
To reverse the selection of a group of vertices:
Right-click and drag over a group of vertices to create a selected area.
For more information, see Skin, Adjusting the weighting of vertices, and Selecting and preselecting vertices.