F Keyboard shortcuts disabled on Mac OS 10.5.4 in Indesign CS3

Hi ,
I have this same problem with My Mac Laptop at Home and my Mac at work. The default F keyboard shortcuts no longer work. For example, if I wanted to bring up the paragraph styles panel which is F11 I get the volume control for the Mac. I have tried a couple of obvious fixes such as using a modifier key as suggested in the Indesign help menu and going to the system preferences of the MAC and disabling each conflicting shortcut. Neither of these approaches worked and I still get a volume control when I want a pallet or in the case of F7 (layers pallet) nothing at all.
Any suggestions short of creating my own shortcuts?
Thanks

Um, this is the Windows forum. Even if you are running on parallels or Boot Camp, you'll probably find more help for Mac configuration problems on the Mac side.
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