InDesign CS 3 - swatches disappear

Hello,
I am in InDesign CS3 and suddenly my swatches are all gone. When I click on the swatches tab, it's empty. When I try to load swatchs by going to "applications - adobe indesign - presets - swatches libary" they're all grayed out.
Also, if I go to the color picker and "add to swatches" it doesn't get added. The swatches panel remains blank.
I've tried opening other InDesign documents, it's the same.
I tried trashing the InDesign preference file, (which I hope was "com.adobe.indesign.plist" I can't seem to find it anymore after relaunching the program), quitting and restarting, but still no swatches.
On a MacBook Pro, OS 10.5.6.
Any suggestions?

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