InDesign document window blinking!

Document window keeps blinking interrupting workflow. Thought it was a CC 2014 bug but I went back to ID CC and it started again. It's driving me crazy. The border of the window blinks and causes a hesitation in whatever you're trying to do. I can't work this way. Ready to toss the computer!!!

My IndDesign CC 2014 is doing exactly the same thing. Intermittent — almost rhythmic — blinking of the document window frame coinciding with a deactivation of whatever I'm trying to do when it happens. For instance, I try to select a font, so I click open the font menu and get ready to click on the desired font when suddenly the document window blinks and the font menu closes. Or, say I'm creating a text box. I select the text tool, click and hold at the top left corner and begin dragging to the bottom left corner. Then, the document window blinks again and the box I'm trying to create disappears. I've tried trashing preference and saved data, clearing the InDesign cache, and shutting down Suitcase Fusion 5. None of it has helped. Filing a report now.

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