InDesign won't "unhide"

I'm running Leopard (10.5.4) and InDesign CS3 (Version 5.0.3.662). InDesign sometimes won't "Hide" (Command+H or Option+Click on Desktop) and if by some miracle it does hide, then it won't Unhide. I have to Force Quit and restart it. Never have that problem with anything else I use: Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, Word, Excel, Lotus Notes, Firefox, etc. Is this a bug? Or is there any way to make it behave?

FWIW, I don't think this is entirely a Leopard issue as we are having the same problem with Tiger PPC installs. Have not tried the Launch, quit, launch workaround....but cmon, really?
To clarify the problem being seen... On G5 PPC, Mac OS 10.4.11, InDesign CS3 will not release the active finder window. By this I mean it will not let you minimize it, hide it, or use any other application without having to quit or click to the desktop numerous times. As soon as you get out of it, it will pop back to the front....try to edit an original in Photoshop and InDesign will not let you into Photoshop. Apple Tab to Photoshop, InDesign will pop up as soon as you are dropped into Photoshop. You get the picture...
Not happening on 10.5 Intel builds.

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