Flash CS3: Help panel too large to resize

Hi!
I feel quite stupid but...
for some reason my Help panel is too large, making it
impossible to scroll down to all the items.
Here's a screenshot:
http://tinyurl.com/2aycu4
When I open the Help Panel, e.g. by pressing F1 the grey
header bar is flush with the top of the screen - no way to drag it
higher up. The problem now is that the bottom of the panel is
somewhere well below of the lower edge of the screen - so there
seems to be no way to drag the lower corners of the panel in order
to make the panel smaller, small enough to fit the window. As it
is, it is impossible to scroll down to the lower parts of the Help
panel.
Any help is very much appreciated!
Thanks!
Andreas Weber

Can't you resize from the top? In Windows you can usually
resize from any window edge. So, just move the window down then put
the mouse of the top edge until you get the resize arrows...
Or am I wrong I notice the help window is
non-standard.

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