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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">To Contour </title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146119"><bookmark_value>converting; to contours</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>contours; converting to</bookmark_value>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/simpress/01/13050700.xhp" name="To Contour">To Contour</link></paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:convert_to_contour">Converts the selected object to a polygon, or a group of polygons.</ahelp> If the conversion creates a group of polygons (for example, when you convert a text object), then press F3 to enter the group before you can select an individual polygon.</paragraph>
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51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155601" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Once you convert a line or a text object to a contour, you can no longer edit it as you normally would. Instead, you can edit the contour as you would any polygon, including using the <emph>Edit – Points </emph>command to adjust its shape.</paragraph>
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