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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<topic id="textsimpressguidetext2curvexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Converting Text Characters into Drawing Objects</title>
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<filename>/text/simpress/guide/text2curve.xhp</filename>
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<history>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150717"><bookmark_value>text; converting to curves</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>characters; converting to curves</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>sign conversion to curves</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>converting; text to curves</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>draw objects;converting text to</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>curves;converting text to</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150717" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="text2curve"><link href="text/simpress/guide/text2curve.xhp">Converting Text Characters into Drawing Objects</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US">You can convert text characters into curves that you can edit and resize as you would any drawing object. Once you convert text into a drawing object, you can no longer edit the content of the text.</paragraph>
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<h3 id="hd_id3153965">To convert text into a drawing object:</h3>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146963" xml-lang="en-US">Select the text that you want to convert, and do one of the following:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149053" xml-lang="en-US">In $[officename] Draw, choose <emph>Shape - Convert - To Curve</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150395" xml-lang="en-US">In $[officename] Impress, right-click the border of the text object, and then choose <emph>Convert - To Curve</emph>.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150746" xml-lang="en-US">If your text contains more than one character, the converted text becomes a grouped object. Double-click the group to edit individual objects. Press Esc when finished.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150336" xml-lang="en-US">Now, click the <emph>Points</emph> icon on the <emph>Drawing</emph> bar. Click the object. You can see all the Bézier points of the object. On the <emph>Edit Points</emph> bar, you can find various icons for editing, inserting and deleting points.</paragraph>
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<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_draw.xhp#line_draw"/>
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<embed href="text/simpress/guide/3d_create.xhp#3d_create"/>
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<embed href="text/shared/guide/fontwork.xhp#fontwork"/>
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