Key Cap Popped off

Does anyone know how to reinstall a key cap that popped off when the isight fell on it?
Many thanks
David

Hi David,
Check out this Apple article. It instructs in how to replace and remove keycaps.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88106
Ian

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