Adobe pdf page no longer responding on Mac

Have downloaded Adobe 10 to Mac OSX 10.6, and after initial problems has mostly been working o.k.
Got to end of online pdf forms ready to submit, & given option to view and print- nothing happened; treid another option to save - nothing happened.
I decided to take a screenshot - went to Edit and clicked "take snapshot" - but can't find a snap shot anywhere on laptop - and worse, the cursor hasn't reappeared so cannot now do anything further on the adobe pdf page.
When I click on the adobe pdf a "crosshair" appears in place of the cursor & the screen turns blue or occasionally burgundy. I click again, the colour goes but the cursor still doesn't re-appear, just the crosshairs remain.
Went back to Edit to deselect "snapshot" - it won't disengage, the tick stays in place - which is probably why there is no cursor.
How do I get rid of this and resume normal status to save the pdf?
Message was edited by: Debidris1
Just found another similar issue elsewhere - answer is to click on pdf page then click escape!! Should really be somewhere on adobe that indicates this is the solution to such a silly issue .

Man, I hope you get an answer for this question. I can't download any pdfs at all anymore on my Mac. OS10.7.3 I don't even get an error message, it doesn't show that I've opened a pdf, I just get a blank screen. It's getting very frustrating. I've been searching for an answer online and just saw your question. Hopefully you'll get an answer soon and it will answer mine as well.

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