# Converting a Field into Text

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Converting a Field into Text
You can change a field to regular text, so that it is no longer updated. After you change a field to text, you cannot change the text back into a field.
- Select the field and choose Edit - Cut.
- Choose Edit - Paste Special.
- Click "Unformatted text" in the Selection list, and then click OK.
Paste Special