InDesign CS4 -- editing problem

Working on a publication in CS4, been in it before, worked in it before, it worked before....but when i click on the Edit, it says theres an error and shuts down on me. Anyone else have anything similar. It just started this yesterday, been working in this program for 6 weeks.

That's not a good sign when more than one file develops the problem -- it usually indicates an application-level or system-level issue, and it means the potential for losing you work is much higher.
The least painful thing you can do that might fix strangeness at the application level is replace your preferences. Close InDesign and relaunch, then immediately hold down the key combination for your OS. On Mac that's Control + Cmd + Opt + Shift, on Windows Ctrl + Alt + Shift, and say yes when asked if you want to replace the preferences. If ID starts without asking, you weren't fast enough on the keyboard.
Keep in mind that resetting prefs this way will remove any customizing you've done, so you might to save all of your presets from the "Define" dialogs before you do this so they can be reloaded, and if you have any default styles or swatches you've added, save a blank document that you can use to reload them. If you prefer to back up the prefs before replacing, search for InDesign Defaults and InDesign SavedData, both of which are normally hidden files, and rename them before restarting ID.

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