Can't Mouse select files in Open dialogs

We are unable to select a file with our mouse when we are in Open dialog boxes. We click away and nothing happens. We can use the arrow keys to navigate around, it's just the mouse that has no impact.

Heya - thank you so much - have done what you suggested and now i can import the clips into iMovie - no problem!
But,,,,and,,golly,,don't know if I'm being really really stupid but by converting to DV or MOV I lose all audio from any of the clips that I'm importing...
Can you help some more - sore to be pain in buttocks !! Am completely new to iMovie so am struggling a bit!!!
Thanking you

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I have InDesign CS2 and CS3 installed on my macbook (10.5). CS3 is buggy to the point where its unusable, but I need it installed because once in awhile I receive files saved in that format.
I wanted to change, through any Get Info window, all Indesign files to Open With CS2 instead of CS3. Problem is, whenever I hit "apply to all files" the OS just instantly changes the program back to CS3.
Anyone else having this problem?

Let me be a bit clearer.
When I installed CS3, it switched the "Open With" program association of all my CS2 files to CS3. This means the icons for all my CS2 files changed to CS3 icons. And when I double click on my CS2 files, they open in CS3, even if I already have CS2 open. If I have CS2 open, the system just starts opening CS3.
Worse yet, upon installing CS3, all of my CS2 files were CHANGED to CS3 files (looking under "kind" in the "info" windows.
I had thought I could just change all INDD files to asssociate with CS2, but when I go to "Get Info" on a file (CS2 or 3, doesn't matter which), and change the "Open with" to CS2, and hit "Change All", the "Open With" Just changes right back to CS3. Augh.
For now, I just use the "Open" dialogue in CS2 or drag and drop the files. Pain in the rear. So I thought I'd post here.
And though I don't want this to be a discussion of whether CS3 is buggy or not, I'll just say that my system was plagued by the CS3/Leopard NavSvcs and Hide bugs, (only a problem in Mac OS 10.5), both of which have been recognized by Apple and Adobe, as well as thoroughly blogged about by Tim Cole and MacFixit, and countless others.
My favorite is this from the InDesign 5.0.2 Readme file:
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X Leopard (v10.5.1). Known issues include the following:
Users are unable to hide InDesign CS3 using the cmd+h keyboard shortcut.
InDesign CS3 may unexpectedly quit when using the Place, Save, Save As or Export
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Unfortunately, there are no workarounds for these known issues.
Yes, that's right. I'm one of those lucky folks who's experiencing the known bug where InDesign CS3 crashes when you try to open or save a file. I'm not a troll, I just simply can't use it! Haha.
http://creativebits.org/leopard_vs_indesign_crashes_on_open_import_export_save_and_print
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"Can't create file RFI Detailed-With Routing Information.pdf. Right-click the folder you want to create the file in, then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder."
My co-worker receives this message when she tries to open some PDF files from one sender. The co-worker is able to open PDF attachments from all other senders except this one. Now, I have checked her folder permissions for the temp folder, as well as parent folders and the permissions allow full control everywhere I have checked. This wouldn't be so strange, except she forwards the emails to me and I open them just fine.
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For more information it would be helpful to know what OS, what application (assume a mail package) is in use, and how she is trying to open the file. There is just not enough information without making assumptions. However, some simple tests of not opening directly, but saving first are always good ideas to try.

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Hey so it magically started working again for a while on its own. I did nothing to it, it just decided to start working randomly. And now its back to not working again. I didn't mess with anything. I didn't even install anything not even a Windows update. It just started working again. And then it stopped just as quickly as it started.
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It's been a while since I last used photoshop, a similar kind of problem made me move away from the product, but the new features in CS6 are enticing enough for me to be interested in trying it again.
My problem is that, while the interface is completely usable (I can open the color picker, play with tools and preselects) trying to open a file or creating a new one does absolutely nothing.
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I was wondering if captivate 4 project files can be opened in captivate 5? I know captivate 2 project files cannot.
Thanks guys,
Kya.

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All I see is a box with multi-colored dots when opened.
ANy ideas what the problem might be? Thanks.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:37:23 +0400, Wireless Tech Radio2
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> My son's yearbook publisher wants TIF images. Try as I
might, I can't
> seem
> to VIEW TIF files in Fireworks or Freehand.
> All I see is a box with multi-colored dots when opened.
>
> ANy ideas what the problem might be? Thanks.
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that TIFFs
and how they were prepared?
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