diff -ur ooo_SRC680_m179_src.orig/vcl/aqua/inc/salmenu.h ooo_SRC680_m179_src/vcl/aqua/inc/salmenu.h
--- ooo_SRC680_m179_src.orig/vcl/aqua/inc/salmenu.h	2006-07-28 18:19:50.000000000 +0200
+++ ooo_SRC680_m179_src/vcl/aqua/inc/salmenu.h	2006-07-28 19:02:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	virtual void SetAccelerator( unsigned nPos, SalMenuItem* pSalMenuItem, const KeyCode& rKeyCode, const XubString& rKeyName );
 	virtual void GetSystemMenuData( SystemMenuData* pData );
 
-	CFStringRef mText;		// Title of this menu
+	XubString mText;		// Title of this menu
 	MenuRef mrMenuRef;		// The Carbon reference to this menu
 	BOOL mbMenuBar;			// TRUE - Menubar
 					// FALSE - Menu
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 	USHORT mnId;			// Item ID
 	Menu *mpMenu;			// Menu into which this MenuItem is inserted
-	CFStringRef mText;		// Title of this menu item
+	XubString mText;		// Title of this menu item
 	MenuRef mrParentMenuRef;		// The menu in which this menu item is inserted
 
 	MenuItemIndex mnMenuItemIndex;	// The menu index of this menu item in the mpMenu menu
diff -ur ooo_SRC680_m179_src.orig/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx ooo_SRC680_m179_src/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx
--- ooo_SRC680_m179_src.orig/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx	2006-07-28 18:22:20.000000000 +0200
+++ ooo_SRC680_m179_src/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx	2006-07-28 19:22:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -89,16 +89,17 @@
   AquaSalMenuItem *pSalMenuItem = new AquaSalMenuItem();
 
   pSalMenuItem->maMenuAttributes = 0;
-  pSalMenuItem->mnId = pItemData->nId;
+  pSalMenuItem->mnId  = pItemData->nId;
+  pSalMenuItem->mText = pItemData->aText;
 
-  pSalMenuItem->mText = CFStringCreateWithFormat(NULL, NULL, CFSTR("%s"),
-			     ByteString(pItemData->aText,RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).GetBuffer());
-  fprintf(stderr, "PJ: mText = %s\n",
-	  ByteString(pItemData->aText, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).GetBuffer());
+  // Delete mnemonics
+  pSalMenuItem->mText.EraseAllChars( '~' );
 
   pSalMenuItem->mpMenu = pItemData->pMenu;
 
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: nId = %d\n", pItemData->nId);
+  fprintf(stderr, "PJ: mText = %s\n",
+	  ByteString(pItemData->aText,RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).GetBuffer());
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: returning %p\n", pSalMenuItem);
 
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: Separator = %d\n", pItemData->eType & MENUITEM_SEPARATOR);
@@ -152,8 +153,11 @@
 
   if (mbMenuBar)
     AppendMenuItemTextWithCFString( mrMenuRef, NULL, pAquaSalMenuItem->maMenuAttributes, 0, &pAquaSalMenuItem->mnMenuItemIndex);
-  else
-    AppendMenuItemTextWithCFString( mrMenuRef, pAquaSalMenuItem->mText, pAquaSalMenuItem->maMenuAttributes, 0, &pAquaSalMenuItem->mnMenuItemIndex);
+  else {
+    CFStringRef menuText = CFStringCreateWithFormat(NULL, NULL, CFSTR("%s"), ByteString( pAquaSalMenuItem->mText, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).GetBuffer());
+
+    AppendMenuItemTextWithCFString( mrMenuRef, menuText, pAquaSalMenuItem->maMenuAttributes, 0, &pAquaSalMenuItem->mnMenuItemIndex);
+  }
 
   /* Associate the pointer to this SalMenuItem with the menu item */
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: Associating %p, %d = %p\n", mrMenuRef, pAquaSalMenuItem->mnMenuItemIndex, pSalMenuItem);
@@ -178,13 +182,13 @@
 
   AquaSalMenu *subAquaSalMenu = (AquaSalMenu *) pSubMenu;
 
-  CFStringRef mText = pAquaSalMenuItem->mText;
+  CFStringRef menuText = CFStringCreateWithFormat(NULL, NULL, CFSTR("%s"), ByteString( pAquaSalMenuItem->mText, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).GetBuffer());
 
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: pSalMenuItem = %p\n", pSalMenuItem);
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: pSubMenu = %p\n", pSubMenu);
   fprintf(stderr, "PJ: nPos = %d\n", nPos);
 
-  SetMenuTitleWithCFString(subAquaSalMenu->mrMenuRef, mText);
+  SetMenuTitleWithCFString(subAquaSalMenu->mrMenuRef, menuText);
   SetMenuItemHierarchicalMenu (mrMenuRef, pAquaSalMenuItem->mnMenuItemIndex, subAquaSalMenu->mrMenuRef);
 }