# Beginner Q: Ungrouping for Shape Tween
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-q-ungrouping-for-shape-tween/9196
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 6, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-q-ungrouping-for-shape-tween/9196 "2002-12-06T21:31:47Z")
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### Author:  [@Amstaff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Amstaff)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-q-ungrouping-for-shape-tween/9196/1 "2002-12-06T21:31:47Z")
I’m trying to tween some text into a shape.
I read that you can’t shape tween between 2 symbols.
Whats the best way to ungroup text and my vector image:q:
(they are in the library as movie symbols)
Modify \> Ungroup isn’t highlighted when I click on my text or vector graphic.
Is there a better way:q:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-q-ungrouping-for-shape-tween/9196/2 "2002-12-06T21:52:26Z")
:-\ you can’t do that
motiontweens are for symbols shapetweens are for graphics. if you want to shape tween your text into a shape … put your text on a keyframe, go to modify \> break apart then with the letters highlighted go to modify \> break apart … again
now your text is just shapes and then 5 or 10 frames later (whatever you want) put another keyframe with the shape you want it to tween into on the frame
then do a shapetween on the first frame of that sequence and it should work. but you can never do a shapetween between two symbols.
hope this helps
good luck 🙂