1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 28bb3cbefSmseidel 30e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 48bb3cbefSmseidel * 50e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 60e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 70e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 80e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 90e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 100e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 110e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 128bb3cbefSmseidel * 130e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 148bb3cbefSmseidel * 150e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 160e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 170e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 180e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 190e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 200e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * under the License. 218bb3cbefSmseidel * 220e4b25e7SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 230e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 248bb3cbefSmseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 268bb3cbefSmseidel<topic id="textswriterguidefield_convertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 278bb3cbefSmseidel<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Converting a Field into Text</title> 288bb3cbefSmseidel<filename>/text/swriter/guide/field_convert.xhp</filename> 298bb3cbefSmseidel</topic> 308bb3cbefSmseidel</meta> 318bb3cbefSmseidel<body> 32*54be4daeSmseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154079"> 33*54be4daeSmseidel<bookmark_value>fields; converting into text</bookmark_value> 348bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>converting;fields, into text</bookmark_value> 358bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>replacing;fields, by text</bookmark_value> 368bb3cbefSmseidel<bookmark_value>changing;fields, into text</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 408bb3cbefSmseidel<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> 418bb3cbefSmseidel<list type="ordered"> 428bb3cbefSmseidel<listitem> 438bb3cbefSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155608" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">Select the field and choose <emph>Edit - Cut</emph>.</paragraph> 448bb3cbefSmseidel</listitem> 458bb3cbefSmseidel<listitem> 468bb3cbefSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154238" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>.</paragraph> 478bb3cbefSmseidel</listitem> 488bb3cbefSmseidel<listitem> 498bb3cbefSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154262" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">Click "Unformatted text" in the <item type="menuitem">Selection</item> list, and then click <item type="menuitem">OK</item>.</paragraph> 508bb3cbefSmseidel</listitem> 518bb3cbefSmseidel</list> 528bb3cbefSmseidel<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 538bb3cbefSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp#fields"/> 548bb3cbefSmseidel<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> 558bb3cbefSmseidel</body> 568bb3cbefSmseidel</helpdocument> 57