Scrolling through font list in character palette

Hi. In AI CS4. XP
I thought after having the newest version of Illustrator I would be able to have a text box selected & scroll through the font list to see the different fonts change on the text using the arrow up/down keys.
I seem to only be able to scroll through 2-3 fonts & then it stops, which is very frustrating because I am so used to doing it in ID & PS.
Anyone know what I can do? Picking each font one by one is time consuming. How American that sounds. Great.
Thanks.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407377.html
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1873054
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1978127
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1271274

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Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000017c1f004
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0   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932bc338 HIStandardMenuView::DrawItem(unsigned char, CGContext*, unsigned char) + 2616
1   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932bb646 HIStandardMenuView::DrawSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 492
2   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932f25dc HIView::DrawCacheOrSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 364
3   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932f22d9 HIView::SendDraw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 125
4   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337ef35 HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 759
5   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337f2bc HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 1662
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7   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337e350 HIView::DrawComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*) + 802
8   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337dfe2 HIView::Draw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, unsigned long) + 82
9   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337df89 HIView::Render(unsigned long, CGContext*) + 45
10 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932fabb0 FlushWindowObject(WindowData*, void**, unsigned char) + 812
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13 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993fa45d __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 381
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993d3d53 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 355
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993d3bdb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
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18 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932c1126 AcquireNextEventInMode + 68
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*     I have reset my Pram.
*     I have repaired all my permission with disk utility.
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*     I have deleted my library/preferences/abobefnt.plst.
*     I have change the font preview to small.
*     I deleted all my fonts and restored them from time machine from before I had installed that last font I believed to be buggy.
*     I have prayed to Jebus.
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