[muglo] Re: Stopping the Pizza! ?

At 9:59 PM -0500 3/30/04, Ilbert Walker wrote:

>Back in the good old days  :-)  it was possible to use Command + ' to
>abort an action

Mean Command and . ? (Command and period.)

>Doesn't seem to work with Panther .............and one is stuck with
>that interminable spinning pizza - until IT (the system?) decides it
>can let you repossess your machine's control.
>
>Anybody know of a current 'stop or cancel action' workaround or key
>board command?

Apple/Option/Esc/ gives you the option to force-quit an app. (Try it 
now, and you'll see the dialogue window.) Can be helpful if the app 
is stalled on something.

(And, yes, I call it the Apple key, rather than the Command key. :-)

  Mary


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