Making key photo in iPhoto

I just scanned several pictures and saved them to iPhoto. I then successfully named all the people. When I use my mouse to scan over a particular face, the pictures for an individual will show; however, for some of the pictures/faces I've added, the face doesn't show up as I scan across the pictures in faces for that specific person.
To help solve the problem I have removed the name of the person and then named again, restarted my iMac, restarted iPhoto, but nothing seems to work.

there is no connection between photos on the iphone and on the Mac - two totally separate systems
LN

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Hello.
I have problem with iPhoto with make key photo.
When i select make key photo in iphoto for some event in my iphone dont show me same key photo in same event. Of course i before sync.
thank you

there is no connection between photos on the iphone and on the Mac - two totally separate systems
LN

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With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
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1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - run Option #4, Rebuild Database.

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Hi
The picture on the corkboard for each person appears to be the first photo you identify for that person.
Is there any way to change the key photo, like you can do with Events?
Thanks
Dave

Thanks very much!
I hadn't realised you can do that on Events, I have always right clicked on it and brought up the option to Change key Photo. That doesn't work the same way n Faces, so thanks for the Space Bar trick.
All the best
Dave

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iPhoto 9.5.1
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