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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics</title>
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33<bookmark_value>vectorizing bitmaps</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>converting; bitmaps to polygons</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>bitmaps; converting to vector graphics</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>vector graphics;converting bitmaps</bookmark_value>
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38<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="vectorize"><link href="text/simpress/guide/vectorize.xhp" name="Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics">Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics</link>
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40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155633" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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>
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43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151241" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Select the bitmap image that you want to convert.</paragraph>
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46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145118" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In $[officename] Draw, choose <emph>Modify - Convert - To Polygon</emph>.</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In $[officename] Impress, right-click the object, and then choose <emph>Convert - To Polygon</emph>.</paragraph>
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51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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>
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55<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>
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