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36 <topic id=
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"PUBLISH">
37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Converting Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics
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38 <filename>/text/simpress/guide/vectorize.xhp
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41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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42 <lastedited date=
"2004-08-17T09:32:01">FPE: Deleted screenshot. Cleaned
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46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3153415"><bookmark_value>vectorizing bitmaps
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>converting; bitmaps to polygons
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>bitmaps; converting to vector graphics
</bookmark_value>
49 <bookmark_value>vector graphics;converting bitmaps
</bookmark_value>
51 <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>
52 </variable></paragraph>
53 <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>
56 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151241" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"28">Select the bitmap image that you want to convert.
</paragraph>
59 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153812" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"29">Do one of the following:
</paragraph>
60 <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>
61 <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>
64 <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>
67 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
68 <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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