Exploding multipart polygons within shapefile in QGIS?

Question

I've got a shapefile with polygons, some of which are multipart polygons. I need to create individual polygons out of the multipart polygons.

Is there a tool or plugin that can do this in QGIS 1.8?

Answer 1

In QGIS 1.8 (Lisboa)

(No plugins required as it is standard)

Vector>Geometry Tools> Multipart to singleparts

This will create individual polygons from multipart polygons.