1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************************** 5 * 6 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9 * 10 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11 * 12 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13 * 14 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17 * 18 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23 * 24 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textsimpressguidevectorizexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics</title> 35<filename>/text/simpress/guide/vectorize.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37<history> 38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39<lastedited date="2004-08-17T09:32:01">FPE: Deleted screenshot. Cleaned</lastedited> 40</history> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153415"><bookmark_value>vectorizing bitmaps</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>converting; bitmaps to polygons</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>bitmaps; converting to vector graphics</bookmark_value> 46<bookmark_value>vector graphics;converting bitmaps</bookmark_value> 47</bookmark> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="26"><variable id="vectorize"><link href="text/simpress/guide/vectorize.xhp" name="Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics">Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics</link> 49</variable></paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155633" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">A vector graphic can be resized without losing the quality of the graphic. In $[officename] Draw and Impress, you can convert a bitmap image into a vector graphic.</paragraph> 51<list type="ordered"> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151241" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Select the bitmap image that you want to convert.</paragraph> 54</listitem> 55<listitem> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Do one of the following:</paragraph> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145118" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">In $[officename] Draw, choose <emph>Modify - Convert - To Polygon</emph>.</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">In $[officename] Impress, right-click the object, and then choose <emph>Convert - To Polygon</emph>.</paragraph> 59</listitem> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Set the conversion options for the image, and then click <emph>OK</emph>. See <link href="text/simpress/01/13050200.xhp" name="Convert to Polygon"><emph>Convert to Polygon</emph></link> for a description of the conversion options.</paragraph> 62</listitem> 63</list> 64<section id="relatedtopics"> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147371" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="C"><link href="text/simpress/01/13050200.xhp" name="Convert to Polygon">Convert to Polygon</link></paragraph> 66<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_draw.xhp#line_draw"/> 67<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_edit.xhp#line_edit"/> 68<embed href="text/simpress/guide/3d_create.xhp#3d_create"/> 69<embed href="text/simpress/guide/text2curve.xhp#text2curve"/> 70</section> 71</body> 72</helpdocument> 73