Hi John,
It’s strange that you get an empty panel. You should be seeing the code, if the plugin was installed correctly. I have just checked it myself, and I also have a blank page (while using plugin>editor from the wordpress menu).
My advice is to deactivate and delete the plugin. Then reinstall the plugin. This is just to make sure any prior edits are gone.
Then, you have 2 options:
1) edit the file with a program like dreamweaver that connects to the site, so you can make the changes online.
2) download the file “nggScrollGallery.php” from the server and edit it locally with notepad (do not use word or any other program that will convert from plain text). After edit: upload again.
good luck.