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Published inMay 2012
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Bethany Hiitola
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Bethany Hiitola is a working writer and technology geek. With a degree in Scientific and Technical Communications, she's worked as a technical writer and multimedia developer for over 12 yearsshe spends the rest of her time as a wife, mother, gadget geek, and Master of the Household. She's written more user manuals than she can count, essays, novels, and a few technical booksincluding Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers. More details are at her website: bethanyhiitola.com
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Time for action — exporting to PNG

Let's give this Export functionality a try. We'll use the postcard file we created in the previous section with a very simple design added to show how this is done.

  1. With the postcard file open from the previous section, from the main menu, select File | Export Bitmap.
    Time for action — exporting to PNG
  2. The Export Window is displayed, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action — exporting to PNG
  3. On this window, you will see a number of options along the top that detail how you might want to export the screen contents.
  4. If you want to export the entire document, as shown in one bitmap image, then select Page.
  5. If you want to export all objects in a drawing, including those placed outside the canvas/page, select Drawing.
  6. If you want to export only a selected object (which you would see with an outline and nodes on the screen), select Selection. However, this option is only available if items are selected in the drawing before you start the export process.
  7. Click Browse to change the default filename and/or...
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Published in: May 2012Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781849517201

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Bethany Hiitola

Bethany Hiitola is a working writer and technology geek. With a degree in Scientific and Technical Communications, she's worked as a technical writer and multimedia developer for over 12 yearsshe spends the rest of her time as a wife, mother, gadget geek, and Master of the Household. She's written more user manuals than she can count, essays, novels, and a few technical booksincluding Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers. More details are at her website: bethanyhiitola.com
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