Rating multiple images?

Hi,
How can I select all the images in a project and give them all a three star rating? I would them like to go through them individually increasing/decreasing the rating. In the past I have done this but I just cannot seem to do it now. (Aperture latest version 2.1.3).
I try to select all my images in a project (manual page 153), then as described on page 237 try to set 3 stars. Only one of the images is then updated. It seems one of the images is always the 'primary selection'. I just cant figure out how to apply the change to all the selected images.
Thank for any help, I'm sure it must be a very simple solution!
Mike

Thanks for the reply. This is exactly what I was trying to do but it was only changing the metadata for one of the images. I have now solved my problem. In the viewer pane there is a button with a square and a 1 in it. This apparently selects/deselects the 'Primary Only' option. It was selected and after deselecting it the selecting all images and applying a rating to them all works as expected and as you described.
I searched the online manual for 'Primary Only' and found no mention. In fact I just found it is described in the 'Late breaking news' supplement on page 8:
"When selected, the Primary Only button in the tool strip gives you the option of
applying changes to the primary image in a group of selected images, leaving the rest
of the selected images unchanged. Aperture is preset to have the Primary Only feature
turned off, which applies your changes to all the images in a selection. If you discover
that a change was applied to only one image when you expected it to change multiple
selected images, check to see whether the Primary Only button is selected. You can
also turn Primary Only on or off by choosing Edit > Primary Only."

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