High! I'm trying to write a simple macro to just select the current paragraph, but with no success. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Sub ScratchMacro()
'A basic Word Macro coded by Gregory K. Maxey
Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select
lbl_Exit:
Exit Sub
End Sub

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Why would you want a macro for that? Simply triple-clicking on a paragraph will select it.

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Paul Edstein
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Many thanks, gmaxey and thank you macropod for replying!
The line:
Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.Select
is just what I needed. I will insert it into a large macro.

With VBA, it is rare that anything needs to be selected. Using selections is inefficient, prone to producing screen flicker, and typically leads to the insertion point ending up somewhere completely different from where you started out.

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Paul Edstein
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Thanks again, macropod! I need to select a paragraph in oder to format it with a specific language. Is there a way to do it without selecting the paragraph? Cheers!

Since you haven't posted the code of which this is part, all I can work with is the initial Selection, for which you could use something like:
Selection.Paragraphs(1).Range.LanguageID = wdBelgianFrench
But even that initial Selection is most likely unnecessary.

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Paul Edstein
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Thanks, macropod! Your code line doesn't work. How would you do the trick with Range? All the best!

It works for me. You can demonstrate it with something as simple as:
where your initial language is something other than Belgian French.
Without seeing your code, it's impossible to say how it should be revised.

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High, macropod! I do apologize: your code really works. I can't understand why it didn't the first time I tried it. Many thanks and all the best!