Object styles panel is blank

Hi, I've recently moved to CS6. My object styles panel is blank.
THe panel is there with no info inside it. When i open the same job on another machine with the same specs as mine, the artwork is fine and i can see my object styles.
WHen I open old artwork that has object styles set, I cannot see them, but again are fine on another machine.
Please help! THanks.

See:Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences
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> This baffles me that I have to go to a discussion forum
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> not in the help, and not obviously displayed within the
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> I've drawn an object. I wanted to play around with
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