Are you saying the selection is happening but it isn't appearing as shaded on your screen?

You may be trying to click on text which is protected in some way such being inside a Content Control. You probably need to post a sample document which demonstrates this issue.

The normal behaviour of double-click is to select the current word, and you should need to triple-click to select the current paragraph.

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia