Selection tool locked up on me...

It has nothing to do with master pages or locked layers. I don't get it. I can select items and move them with the arrow keys, but clicking and dragging does nothing but change the cursor into a a no smoking symbol (circle with a line through it).
Anyways, it's supremely frustrating and I can't figure out what I did. I must have hit some command I'm not aware of.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Joey

Give this a try:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990
Bob

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