Stack mode and rating images-WORKFLOW SUGGESTIONS PLEASE

Question

I have a couple of issues when working in stack mode.
The first is that although I can rate the image that is bordered in white I don't see an easy way to rate the image with the yellow border?
The second thing that gives me fits is how when I am in stack mode the up and down arrow keys skip over unstacked images while editing.
My workflow now is to take two passes through a set of images. The first in stack mode to get the stack picks and alternates set. The second pass which I do in Primary mode is to rate the images. This has the disadvantage of not rating the stacked images which are not the 'pick'.
Anyone got some suggestions from their own workflows?

Answer 1

Sailor,
The problem with the opt + return item is that it kicks you out of 'Stack view' into 'Primary' and if you want to return to 'Stack view' then you have to do 'opt + t' and you have lost your place in the stack. (i.e. in a stack of 7 if you were looking at items 1 and 4 when you return to 'Stack view' you are back to looking at 1 and 2 again)
CONFUSION POINTS: I was using the keyboard shorcut card that came in my v1.0 Aperture box, some of those shortcuts are no longer correct. I have also found that not all of the shortcuts on the current PDF Quick Reference are working as expected.
I recalled that you can use 'opt =' or 'opt -" to increse the rating on the yellow bordered item. This might lead you to expect that opt 1-5 would assign ratings to the yellow border image but those shortcuts assign metadata.
I think a part of my problem is that I have been working with much too large stacks. Stacks work better for me if they are smaller and contain images that are visually equivalent but differ in minor details that need magnification to resolve. See: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=831108&tstart=0