InDesign CS6, Can't Move Objects?

ID was working great one day and the next day I opened the file and I can't move any of the objects with my mouse. Reduced to using the arrow keys for now. All other programs respond normally. No layers are locked and objects are not anchored.
Windows XP SP3, InDesign CS6
Any support would be awesome.

This worked: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990 - Indesign preference dump.

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