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== A word on aligning your artwork within a drawing page == | == A word on aligning your artwork within a drawing page == | ||
− | For first time | + | For first time user's of Inkscape, here are two methods to align your entire drawing within the drawing page. |
− | '''1.''' Begin by selecting everything in your drawing with the "Select All" or "Select All in All Layers" items from the "Edit" menu. From the "Object" menu, select the "Align and | + | '''1.''' Begin by selecting everything in your drawing with the "Select All" or "Select All in All Layers" items from the "Edit" menu. From the "Object" menu, select the "Align and Disribute" item. A new window pane should appear on the left side of the Inkscape window. In this pane, find the "Relative to" item. Select "Page" to indicate that we will align everything relative to the page. Next, check the "Treat selection as group" checkbox. Finally, to vertically align your drawing, click the vertical centering icon: that's icon is the third from the left in the second row of icons (below the "Treat selection as group" checkbox). |
'''2.''' To instead manually align your artwork, again begin by using "Select All" or "Select All in All Layers" from the "Edit" menu. Next, activate the "Selection" tool from the left edge of the Inkscape window. That's the tool whose icon is a pointer; it should be the top most tool in the vertical stack of tools along the left edge. With that tool selected, then click in your drawing page and, while holding the mouse button down, drag the selection to align it. | '''2.''' To instead manually align your artwork, again begin by using "Select All" or "Select All in All Layers" from the "Edit" menu. Next, activate the "Selection" tool from the left edge of the Inkscape window. That's the tool whose icon is a pointer; it should be the top most tool in the vertical stack of tools along the left edge. With that tool selected, then click in your drawing page and, while holding the mouse button down, drag the selection to align it. |