3Setting Up and Moving Around

After the first introductory chapters, this one will finally get you started in Inkscape in a serious way. From here on, I will explore practical topics at a maximum level of detail, leaving no stone unturned. I cannot know what features or techniques you will find most useful—that depends on the nature of your work and your personal tastes. That's why this book tries to cover everything Inkscape has to offer.

In this short chapter, we won't be creating or editing any objects yet. Instead, we'll prepare our workspace, discuss some useful customizations, and learn techniques to navigate documents by zooming and panning.

3.1 Preferences

Inkscape is an extremely configurable piece of software. Throughout this book, ...

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