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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: mechPenSketch on June 01, 2019, 06:49:49 AM
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After I add a new symbol, I realized that I made a mistake and need to edit it. However, I cannot click on the symbol and manually edit it like adobe illustrator.
Apparently, I need to convert the symbol to a group in order to edit. There used to be Object > Convert to Group command, but it's no longer in the current version. Maybe I should unlink (Shift + Alt + D) to do that, but how would I then convert it back to the same symbol?
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I think we're going to need to see the file - I can't determine if you're working on a font symbol or something else. However, it's my understanding that you can, in the current versions of Inkscape, do a group of a sole (one) object, just select it and choose group. That might be why they dropped the convert to group command. So give that a try, and if it doesn't work, perhaps attach a file or what the symbol is.
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Use Edit > Clones > Unlink clone for converting symbols to editable objects.
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That's a new one! When did that happen?
As far as I know, you can't turn it back into a Symbol, after that. You'd have to add the new symbol back to the symbol file/pack. (which I don't know how to do, so if that's you're next question, just ask, and someone else can answer :) )
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Just be sure you keep a duplicate symbol somewhere (like in a backup file, so you never lose the original).