Design View is Blank in CS5.5

Hello, I have had problems with design view since upgrading from CS3 to CS5.5. In fact, it has never worked for me. Design View is completly white.
I'm on a Mac, running OS X 10.7.3.
This isn't an issue with bad code, it's all the time. I can start a new document, type one word inside the body in code view and switch to design view and nothing is there. If I click in the white space on design view, I can type there and it will show when I go back to code view, but it won't show anything in design view while I'm typing.
This is not an issue with the "Head Content" covering everything up. I can toggle that on and off. I can also turn the rulers on and off and they show. But nothing on the page I'm working on will show.
Also, "Live View" works fine.
Any ideas? I'm totally stumped.
Thanks!

Bad fonts?
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-fonts-mac-os-x.html
Bad workspace?
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4272813#4272813
Bad or incomplete install?
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html
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