# Breaking Up Text Doesn´t Work?!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-up-text-doesn-t-work/10610>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 4, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-up-text-doesn-t-work/10610 "2003-01-04T04:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![filete](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/filete/32/124_2.png) [@filete](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/filete)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-up-text-doesn-t-work/10610/1 "2003-01-04T04:00:42Z")

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Hello people!

Strange thing just happen!  
When i break apart text , he doesn´t change to graphical object.  
Instead you can only select it with the arrow tool and you can still  
edit as text!!

I´ve already download projects that use the break command  
and when i play it on the flash mx it works, and when i select  
any letter from these project , they are as graphical object…

It seems that this kind of bug only happens when i write and  
break apart next…

Any ideia?  
thanks  
[www.filete.net](http://www.filete.net)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-up-text-doesn-t-work/10610/2 "2003-01-04T04:30:46Z")

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try breaking it apart more than once in a row.  
ctrl+b ctrl+b ctrl+b ctrl+b ctrl+b ctrl+b  
… you know to be sure 😉

if that still isnt working, the only thing I can think of is a re-install. Sounds like a weird quirk.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-up-text-doesn-t-work/10610/3 "2003-01-04T04:41:23Z")

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😉  
thanks for the help!  
I have just break apart 2 times and it works…  
Strange uh?!

I wonder if it is because im using mac…?

I have to try on the pc…

Meanwhile,  
See you later guys!

[www.filete.net](http://www.filete.net)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-up-text-doesn-t-work/10610/4 "2003-01-04T04:44:06Z")

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mx is different than flash in that breaking apart text occurs in 2 steps, once to break apart a textfield into single individual textfields for each letter (which is to help you should you want to animate text letter by letter) with that followed by the text to graphic or shape. So break once for individual letters, break twice for letters to shapes.

I assume thats what you are seeing happen