Publisher - double click for page

[MikeK36]

Why do I have to double click on a  page in the page manager to see it in my document?

A single click doesn't do anything - just puts a blue border around the page in manager - a bit pointless in my opinion

[Old Bruce]

The blue border means it is selected. You can then extend the selection by shift clicking on a different page and then delete the pages. Or you can add pages before or after the selected page. Or you can apply a second master to the selected pages, with or without removing the currently applied master page. Not actually pointless, just the way it works.

[MikeK36]

My apologies - thank you for explaining

[Old Bruce]

@MikeK36, no need for an apology. For what it is worth I had a very similar reaction when I started using Publisher.