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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 — saving your graphic

After you have created an initial version of your graphic, it is best practice to save your file so that you don't lose any work. This is a simple example graphic, so you may not want to save the file, but for any future work, this step is critical.

  1. With your latest project open, from the main menu select File | Save. Inkscape will, by default, give options to save projects in its default format, SVG. Choose a file location and click Save.
    Time for action — saving your graphic
  2. However, you might also want to export in a bitmap graphic format such as PNG. To do this, choose File | Export Bitmap.
    Time for action — saving your graphic
  3. In the Export Bitmap window, you can choose to save the Page (all objects within the page/black border, the Drawing (all objects), the Selection (only the object you have selected), or customize it.
  4. Choose the Export area, the graphic size you want (will select predefined size by default), and click Browse to choose the same location.
  5. Verify the filename in the textbox and click Export.
  6. To...
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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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