Unable to select any text

Hi folks,
I had asked this question originally back in mid July but didn't get a useful answer.
Can anyone tell me why the 'select text'  for highlight / add note to text / copy functions is not working? When I right-click the popup menu appears and the aforementioned options are shown but shaded light grey - ie I am not allowed to select them. I'm doing a lot of academic reading and having to resort to PEN AND PAPER to make notes/highlight - HELP!
Thanks J

First, try logging in as another user and see if the problem persists. The Guest user would be sufficient.
If it doesn't happen in another account, we can dig into yours to try to figure out what is causing it.
Second (if it fails in other account), boot into Safe Mode and see if it still occurs. Safe Mode disables third-party startup items which may be causing the problem. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
If it doesn't happen in Safe Mode, then we can look at what is running in the background and guess at what might be causing that behavior.
Note that sometimes problems like this can be resolved by logging out and back in or by a restart.

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