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29<topic id="textsimpressguidevectorizexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153415"><bookmark_value>vectorizing bitmaps</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>converting; bitmaps to polygons</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>bitmaps; converting to vector graphics</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>vector graphics;converting bitmaps</bookmark_value>
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44<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>
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46<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>
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49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151241" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Select the bitmap image that you want to convert.</paragraph>
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52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
53<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>
54<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>
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57<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>
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61<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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