Indesign CS4 panels cannot be selected

I've just installed Adobe CS4 Master Collection on Win 7 64-bit. All seems to be working fine except for Indesign. No problem launching the application. However, I am not able to select and change the parameters in the various panels, including the control panel, swatches panel, Type panel, etc. I can place my cursor in the respective panels but it just wouldn't allow me to edit them. Any help given would be appreciated!

Hi Bob. Yes, I did have the large font enabled. After resettting it to the standard size, it's working now. Thanks for your help! Does this mean that I would not be able to change font size or the screen resolution in order to use Indesign?

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