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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">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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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149053" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">In $[officename] Draw, choose <emph>Modify - Convert - To Curve</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150395" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">In $[officename] Impress, right-click the object, and then choose <emph>Convert - To Curve</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150746" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">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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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Now, click the <emph>Edit Points</emph> icon on the Object Bar. Click the object. You can see all the Bézier points of the object. On the Object Bar, you can find various icons for editing, inserting and deleting points.</paragraph>
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