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Once you convert text into a drawing object, you can no longer edit the content of the text.</paragraph> 44*98d7a877Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">To convert text into a drawing object:</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 47*98d7a877Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146963" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Select the text that you want to convert, and do one of the following:</paragraph> 48*98d7a877Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149053" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In $[officename] Draw, choose <emph>Modify - Convert - To Curve</emph>.</paragraph> 49*98d7a877Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150395" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">In $[officename] Impress, right-click the border of the text object, and then choose <emph>Convert - To Curve</emph>.</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 52*98d7a877Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150746" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 55*98d7a877Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">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> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_draw.xhp#line_draw"/> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_edit.xhp#line_edit"/> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/vectorize.xhp#vectorize"/> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/3d_create.xhp#3d_create"/> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/guide/fontwork.xhp#fontwork"/> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 67