Getting to POSE mode in 2.77a How, pray tell, are you able to get to POSE MODE in Blender version 2.77a? I've imported a free, rigged model I downloaded to practice animating, but cannot get to this mode. CTRL + TAB does not work. Help please!
Ctrl+Tab will toggle pose mode if an object of type 'ARMATURE' is selected, or it will toggle weight paint if an object of type 'MESH' is selected.

Otherwise, you can select the armature in your 3D View (or outliner), then select pose mode from the menu in the header.