Table of Contents
Inkscape
About
Inkscape is a
vector graphic (drawing)
tool.
Element
Canvas: The drawing area:
Moving Page: Spacebar + Mouse movement, or Shift + Right Click or Click and drag Mouse Wheel
Zoom where the cursor is: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel
5
shortcut to zoom and fit the page on the windows
4
shortcut to zoom and fit the drawing on the windows
3
shortcut to zoom and fit the selection on the windows
Inkscape - Page
Printed, exporting or other predefined area.
Inkscape - Grid
Palette
:
Colors can be dragged from the palette onto objects to change their Fill. Using the Shift key while dragging will change the Stroke color instead
Command bar: shortcuts to command located in the header menus.
Snap bar
Tool Controls: Contains specific to the selected tool.
Tool
Box:
Clicking on an icon selects a tool. Double-clicking brings up that tool's preference dialog.
Status Bar
Style Indicator: Shows the style (Fill and Stroke) of a selected object, text fragment, or gradient stop.
A Left Mouse Click on the Fill or Stroke paint part of the indicator opens the Fill and Stroke dialog at the right (not as a popup)
A Right Mouse Click opens up a pop-up menu.
Ruler: Show the x- and y-axis coordinates of the drawing.
A Left Mouse Drag from a Ruler onto the Canvas creates a
Guide Line
.
Dialog
Inkscape implements Dockable
Dialogs
.
Documentation / Reference
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/AShortExample.html
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Anatomy.html