InDesign CS5.5 Crashes When I Add Pages at Beginning of Document. Is There a Fix?

I am working on a long InDesign document using CS5.5 on a Mac. Every time I try to add pages at the beginning of the document, the document crashes and the program shuts down. This happens whether I add pages manually through the insert or add pages command or if I drag pages from another ID document.  Is there any fix to this?

You can also try creating a new document - using the same page size, margins, master pages etc.
Then use the Pages Panel and move the pages to the new document.
You'll need both documents open.

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