Trouble selecting type

Using imac OS X 10.4.11 - Illustrator CS3.
All working fine on a layout but suddenly the type tool fails to select type (characters, words or paragraph). It does allow me to enter new type but any attempt to 'drag' select or double click select does not happen.
Has been working fine for most of the project and then ceased to work. Have tries restarts etc. to no effect.
Any clues?

Check to see if the Edges or the Bounding Box has been hidden. In he View menu, if you see either Show Edges or Show Bounding Box (or both)then click them to unhide. You the should be able to select the text.

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