Special characters function stuck

Hello:
I've been a Mac person for just over a year and have just experienced the first "crash" of a Mac program. I was writing an email and needed the Euro symbol, but after I clicked on Special Characters in the Edit menu, the box wouldn't open -- the circle in the middle was doing it's spinning thing (not the rainbow circle) and then would disappear. I have a 19" flat panel monitor active and open next to my MacBook, and if I click on that screen the Special Characters box appears with the disc in the middle, but it's frozen. I finished the email anyway, then tried again unsuccessfully to get the Special Characters open. I closed everything down and let the computer rest a few minutes, then rebooted, but still nothing. Should I simply reinstall Leopard, or is there another solution?
Thanks,
Medren

To make a Euro, try typing Option/alt + shift + 2. € (for a US keyboard layout).
Try trashing the .plist in Home/Library/Preferences that has charpaletteserver in its name.

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