DVD Studio Pro 4 - dragging template to menu locks up the software

When I drag one of the templates to the menu window, DVD Studio Pro locks up.
The template displays in the menu window, but the Applying Template window stays on with the horizontal barber pole running.
The only recourse is to force a quit.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks------Roger from Louisville

After further investigation, it appears that I'm unable to create any shape on the menus (i.e. button shapes). Drag and drop of any pre-existing shape from the right-hand box has no effect at all.
Could this have anything to do with file system permissions?

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