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From: wheeler@bwdls58.UUCP (Cheryl Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Help!  More Keyboard Madness!!  Viral witch hunt time?
Message-ID: <4996@bwdls58.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 90 06:23:00 GMT
References: <27156.275546dd@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, CANADA
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In article <27156.275546dd@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, mlab2@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> Get this...
> 
> Suddenly, the Mac thinks the Shift key is down.  KeyCaps will confirm this. 
> But IT'S NOT DOWN.
> 
> Suddenly, the Mac thinks the Option key is down.  It's not, but KeyCaps agrees.

Sounds like you have Easy Access installed without realizing it. When you
press the shift key 5 times in a row without moving the mouse, you get
the effect of the shift key being held down. Additional presses bring in
other modifiers and combinations thereof. Note the interesting symbols in
the upper right corner of your screen on the menu bar. 

Check out your system software documentation for details.

> 
> Am I crazy?

Could be -- but who am I to judge?

> 
> john calhoun

Cheryl Wheeler
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