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26<topic id="textswriterguidefield_convertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Converting a Field into Text</title>
28<filename>/text/swriter/guide/field_convert.xhp</filename>
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33<bookmark_value>fields; converting into text</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>converting;fields, into text</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>replacing;fields, by text</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>changing;fields, into text</bookmark_value>
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38<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154079" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="field_convert"><link href="text/swriter/guide/field_convert.xhp" name="Converting a Field into Text">Converting a Field into Text</link>
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40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149281" role="paragraph" l10n="U">You can change a field to regular text, so that it is no longer updated. After you change a field to text, you cannot change the text back into a field.</paragraph>
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43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155608" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the field and choose <emph>Edit - Cut</emph>.</paragraph>
44</listitem>
45<listitem>
46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154238" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>.</paragraph>
47</listitem>
48<listitem>
49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154262" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click "Unformatted text" in the <item type="menuitem">Selection</item> list, and then click <item type="menuitem">OK</item>.</paragraph>
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54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157551" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><link href="text/shared/01/02070000.xhp" name="Paste Special">Paste Special</link></paragraph>
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