CMYK to spot color

how can i change one part of a file that has been created in cmyk to spot color without changing the rest of the cmyk art?

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  • How do I stop FH Mx from converting spot colors to cmyk on export to pdf

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  • Automatically converting spot colors to cmyk?

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  • Changeing Spot Colors to cmyk

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