Applying the same effect to multiple tracks

Using v3.3.3 under Win10 for mono spoken word. I have multiple tracks to which I’d like to apply the same effect and settings. Yet, when I select multiple tracks, the specified effect is apparently applied only to the first track in the selected track set. How can an effect be applied to all selected tr acks? And what determines whether the effect is or isn’t applied to a given track within the selected set? Other considerations?