Cannot change spot colors to process

Using the Swatch Options feature to change a CMYK spot color to a CMYK process color does not work. I click on the Save button and nothing happens. Cannot change global feature either. Nor does "Delete Swatches" work with multiple selections, or "Merge" Anyone else having this Swatches malfunction?

You can delete multiple swatches and you can merge swatches and if global swatches all instances of that color will change to the new color. If thye new color is cmyk swatch that will be the result for all instances of that color as long as it was applied by the fiormer swatch.
Now the idea of merging multiple swatches does work but all selected swatches mergte to that one swatch.
You might want to look at the Edit>EditColor>Recolor Art Feature.
But it is possible you have something locked on your artwork and that might prevent the change.

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