diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 343be846..3b17ac1a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-07 20:04-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
+
+	* Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.h
+	* Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.m: Moved strings
+	for non-printable characters to class variables.
+
 2008-01-07 18:50-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
 
 	* GormCore/GormGenericEditor.m: Removed patch for bug#17539.  Was
diff --git a/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.h b/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.h
index 1862cf25..90291691 100644
--- a/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.h
+++ b/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   id             ctrlBtn;
   id             shiftBtn;
   id             cmdBtn;
+  NSString      *upString;
+  NSString      *dnString;
+  NSString      *ltString;
+  NSString      *rtString;
 }
 @end
 
diff --git a/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.m b/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.m
index df8f2a1e..79830064 100644
--- a/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.m
+++ b/Palettes/0Menus/GormMenuItemAttributesInspector.m
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ const unichar dn[]={NSDownArrowFunctionKey};
 const unichar lt[]={NSLeftArrowFunctionKey};
 const unichar rt[]={NSRightArrowFunctionKey};
 
-NSString *upString = nil;
-NSString *dnString = nil;
-NSString *ltString = nil;
-NSString *rtString = nil;
-
 #define VSTR(str) ({NSString *_str = (NSString *)str; ((NSString *)_str) ? (NSString *)_str : (NSString *)@"";})
 
 @implementation GormMenuItemAttributesInspector