InDesign CS3 & OSX Leopard  cannot type into palettes

In InDesign CS3, I cannot type into palette boxes (e.g. to choose a typeface, find & change, the tranform palette etc etc).
It allows me to type so far, then seems to 'refresh' itself, wiping what I have typed and reverting to what was there before.
We have two iMacs (2.66GHZ Intel Core2Duo, 2GB RAM) here having the same problem!
Has anyone else experienced this, or know of a solution/workaround? It's driving us nuts!
Cheers

Have a look at these:
Kevin Cecil, "ID CS3 Control Palette Oddity" #, 30 Aug 2007 9:10 am
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b4da44/2
If you disable the auto activation plugin if you are using Suitcase X1 you will most likely see the problem disappear. I would use a program call FontNuke as well to purge corrupt font cache files. Use startup sets or project sets... stinks but gets rid of the stalling/crashing.

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