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Article #30741

Re: spontaneous renaming of Mac files

#30741
From: Ken Hancock
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1988 20:02
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In article <1173@cod.NOSC.MIL> rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. rupp) writes:
>A user here at NOSC is having an interesting problem with her SE.  When
>she launches an application, the name under the application's icon
>changes to a dash (-).  She can see this happen in the split-second
>before the application's window opens.  When she exists the application,
>the name is still a dash.  This has happened with MicroPhone (sp?) and
>at least one other program.

Check your KeyCaps.  My guess is your dash (-) key is stuck, so, as
soon as you click on an application, it changes the name.  Same for
excel as soon as you click on a cell.

Ken


Ken Hancock  '90                   | BITNET/UUCP: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
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