

Snap Bar: Allows you to adjust or set what snaps to what.Ĭolor Palette: One of the places to select your colors. Any objects outside the page will be ignored.ĭock: This will store your palettes to adjust different settings.Ĭommand Bar: Contains shortcuts/buttons to many of the items/settings within the menus. Page: The area that holds your work whenever you export or print your documents. Double-clicking on a guide will bring up a window that will allow you to adjust the guide's parameters.Ĭanvas: The area where you'll create your paths, objects, and raster art. Rulers: A click-drag from either ruler will let you create a guide. Tool Settings: Where you can adjust the settings for your main tools. Main Tools: Where your basic tools are located. Menu Bar: This is where the majority of your options are.You can also zoom in and out using Control-Mouse Wheel Zoom out: - (minus) key, Shift+Right-Click Zoom in: + (plus) key, Control+Right-Click To pan or maneuver around the canvas - Click-hold-middle mouse button/scroll X11 follows the same keystroke conventions as Windows.

On Mac Inkscape runs under the X11 environment, Apple's spin on XFree86 Project's X Windows System, which is the foundation for Linux's GUI interface. (SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.) It runs on all major computer operating systems (Linux, Mac, and Windows), and can import and export to many major file formats. Inkscape is an open-source alternative to Illustrator.
