InDesign + Mavericks = Warp 0.01

I just got done working on some visual designs for a client. 3-concepts, 2 pages each, 6-page document.
InDesign is mindbendingly slow and I have no clue why. I'm on an 8-core Xeon mac pro with 16GB of RAM and cubic parsecs of hard drive space and I have not seen performance this slow since my first mac, a IIsi with 16mb of ram running quark express!
I kid not...so slow as to actually be an impediment. I can't believe a program like this could squander resources so badly.
multi-minute screen redraws, showing blank pages, so laggy I can't tell if my commands being obeyed or not.
I guess this is half rant half question...the question is: anyone else getting this on comparable hardware?
CS6

Hi Bruce,
the icon briefly appears on the dock bouncing about for about 2 seconds (as most apps do when launched) then it disappears off the dock
I hope Apple tech support can help. In the meantime, here is how to keep an icon (actually an Alias for Numbers 3) on the Dock. Drag it from your Applications folder to the Dock, then right click (or control click):
Choose Keep in Dock.
files created in newer versions of numbers are not compatiable with the older versions so sadly the older version doesn't seem to be a viable option for me...
A file "accidentally" opened in Numbers 3 can be Exported "backwards" to Numbers '09
Therefore, do not delete Numbers '09!
Numbers 3.0.1 now has a warning when you "accidentally" open and edit a Numbers 2 (Numbers '09) document:
I find that both versions of Numbers work happily side-by-side on my Mac. I just need to be careful when saving.
if i have any luck i'll post here as well...
Please do! Good luck, and regards,
Ian.

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s c perks Oct 14, 2014 6:04 AM
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