Ctrl+Alt+C Shortcut Problem in Indesign CS3

I cannot use the ctrl+alt+c shortcut in IdCS3. The alt key works with all other shortcuts. I believe this is caused by ATI's catalyst control center which uses the same shortcut to open it's window but I disabled the hotkeys in catalyst and even changed that hotkey to one besides ctrl+alt+c and I can still not get the shortcut to work in Id.
This happened to me about a year ago and I can't remember how I fixed it.
Thanks in advance for any help.

I had this problem, Ctrl-Alt-C did not work in Indesign or Photoshop (but CS5.5 & Windows 7).
To fix it:
> right click your desktop background
> select catalyst Control Centre (top of list)
> ‘Options’ at top right pull down menu
(if you can’t see this, choose Advanced install, OK, then go back to step one again)
>Hotkeys > Hot Keys Manager
> select the one thing in the list, then press Edit
> Change from Ctrl+Alt+C to Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
> OK, OK, OK
Hey presto! It’s all working now!

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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
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Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
I have read your post on how you are looking to disable the CTRL + ALT + S combination on your notebook computer, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
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reference: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Operating-Systems-Software-Recovery/How-to-disable-Alt-S-shortc...
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