How to select entire words in Illustrator CS4???

I've just upgraded to CS4, and Illustrator has lost the ability to select entire words. I can't even click on a point in the text and drag to the beginning or end. Can't double-click on a word. Can't click, then shift-click anywhere else. Nothing works. I did update my legacy text when I opened the document. Any other ideas?

I tried the other things suggested, but they didn't work, either. I ended up creating a new document and copying all of the text into the new document where it can be selected like normal. Go figure...

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