

The status bar at the bottom of the window will display useful Right above the whiteĬanvas Area, there's the Tool Controls bar with controls that are The window, in between the scroll bar and the Snap Controls bar. “Print”, can be found either in the top part of the window, right below the menu, or on the right side of Resolution, the Commands bar with general command buttons, such as “Save” and The vertical toolbar on the left shows Inkscape's drawing and editing tools. Inkscape also keeps a history of the zoom levels you've used in this work session. Which lets you to zoom into an area by dragging around it. We also have the Zoom tool (in the toolbar on left) Precise zoom value in %, and press Enter. The easiest way to zoom is by pressing - and + (or =) keys.Ĭlick in the zoom entry field (in the bottom right region of the document window, labelled “Z”), type a Scrolling vertically press Shift and move the wheel to scroll horizontally. Or, youĬan use the scrollbars (press Ctrl + B to (Try this now to scroll this document down.) You can also drag the canvas by the middle mouse button. There are many ways to pan (scroll) the document canvas. For moreĪdvanced topics, check out the other tutorials in the Help menu. Transforming objects with selector, grouping, setting fill and stroke, alignment, and stacking order. The Basic Tutorial covers canvas navigation, managing documents, shape tool basics, selection techniques, You canĪlso save a copy to a location of your choice. Help menu, it is a regular Inkscape document that you can view, edit, or copy from.

This tutorial demonstrates the basics of using Inkscape.
