Design-Time seems to be read-only

After inserting a design-time control (related topics), the
control seems to be read-only. I cannot add and related topics to
the control, nor can I check the properties for the control. It is
simply an empty control. I recently received a new laptop and
reloaded robohelp, but I'm not sure if that is problem. I don't
think it is because earlier today I did a copy-n-paste to create a
new file and the related topics control worked. I was able to
remove jumps from the control as well as add jumps. However, now
the same problem is occurring in those files as well.

Yeah, we're in the dark ages here. Not really, we do all our
work in xml here with the exception of tutorials & SDK help,
which is what I'm working on. I loaded an older version of office
and reloaded RH, but the problem is still there. I'm working on a
deadline, but thankfully I only have a few more files that I have
to create. I can work from my old pc and figure this problem out
afterwards. Thanks for your help.

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