Find/change dialogue box in indesign CC

Last week, i pasted a full sentence in the "change to" dialogue, and since then the entire find/change box has increased in size, taking up approximately 2/3 of the width of my screen. there is no obvious way to manipulate the shape or size of this dialogue box, so i am completely at a loss as to what to do. any advice?

this seems to have fixed the problem. thank you.
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http://forums.adobe.com/message/5173943#5173943
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