Arrow keys gone glac

My iMac runs OS X 10.7.5, w/4G of memory, Intel Core i5. Purchased new about 21 months ago.
Experimented w/GarageBand four days ago, mostly recording, adding loop tracks, etc. and also playing a bit with the piano (whereby keyboard keys correspond to those of ctual piano).
After quitting GarageBand (I closed the piano section also) and going back to Safari and Word, I noticed both the up/down and right/left arrow keys had become dramatically slower than before. This seems unlikely to just be a coincidence.
Have tried to find something in System Preferences as well as Safari and Word which might address problem but found nothing, and Activity Monitor app shows no process hogging the CPU. Also disconnected and re-attached keyboard cord – no improvement. I keep keyboard relatively clean; seems unlikely to be just coincidence.
Ideas/advice? Thanks.

OK, so using Tab, I install an app.
I get the usual Agree or Disagree options in the 1st dialog.
Agree is solid blue.
I hit Tab and an outline of Disagree is shown, however it is not selected.
I hit Enter and Agree is executed, not Disagree....so whats the point of Tabbing and not being able to select? Or how do I do it?

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