Overprint Preview - I've hit something now its awry!

I've hit a key command where in overprint preview my metallic colours are previewing darker. They PDF fine, but the preview is all stuffed.
Any idea what I've done? I could leave it but my OCD won't let me.
Thanks

Yep, I'm certain thats what I did. The 875 had reverted to a spot. I still think it was a key command, as I wasn't using the mouse at the time, and didn't have the ink manager open.
Thanks for your help (and response).

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Hi...
CS4, Win XP.
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The other day i sent a file for printing (poster) in PDF and CS2 formats. For some reason, the printer converted the file to a .tif and then printed. Parts dropped out... Both the PDF and CS2 files looked fine.Description follows:
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PrepressPro1 wrote:
<snipped>... so if your looking for this forum to play detective and tell you who in your workflow set the elements to overprint, I don't think this can be done. I don't think I have ever seen Illustrator set any elements to overprint all by its self. <snipped>
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++++
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