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29      <topic id="textswriterguidefield_convertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Converting a Field into Text</title>
31         <filename>/text/swriter/guide/field_convert.xhp</filename>
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35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154079"><bookmark_value>fields; converting into text</bookmark_value>
36      <bookmark_value>converting;fields, into text</bookmark_value>
37      <bookmark_value>replacing;fields, by text</bookmark_value>
38      <bookmark_value>changing;fields, into text</bookmark_value>
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40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154079" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><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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42      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149281" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can change a field to regular text, so that it is no longer updated.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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45            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155608" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">Select the field and choose <emph>Edit - Cut</emph>.</paragraph>
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48            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154238" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>.</paragraph>
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51            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154262" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">Click "Unformatted text" in the<emph/>
52               <item type="menuitem">Selection</item> list, and then click<emph/>
53               <item type="menuitem">OK</item>.</paragraph>
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58      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157551" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="11"><link href="text/shared/01/02070000.xhp" name="Paste Special">Paste Special</link></paragraph>
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