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To change a report element from one type to another, right-click the element in the report design document work area, and select Convert To; choose the new type from the list that displays. To convert the type of multiple report elements at once, Ctrl-click each element, and right-click to display the context menu.
The name property of the element will not change, unless the name of the old node is of the format [Type][Number]. A node named WordBox12 would be renamed, for example.
By default the new object type will have the properties set that it has in common with the old type. For some type conversions, additional properties may be set. For example, when converting a Decimal Format Box to a Word Box, the value property is converted to a string value and assigned to the text property.