How do I turn a text object to Text which I can edit?

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nemodot
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How do I turn a text object to Text which I can edit?

Postby nemodot » Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:32 am

Hi,

I have a software that reads out DNA secuencing files and it gives out an svg with the secuence colored above some graphic. I want to edit that text, but sadly its an object. Could I turn it into text which I can edit? I don't want to loose its color nor the relative position of it to the graph, so I won't add a new text over.

tylerdurden
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Re: How do I turn a text object to Text which I can edit?

Postby tylerdurden » Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:52 am

Sometimes you can ungroup the object and get to the text.

Feel free to share the svg (or a link to it via dropbox, etc.), so we can examine it and maybe better help.

TD
Have a nice day.

I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1

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