Time for action — viewing the Grid
We will start with the easiest task, turning the Grid on (or making it viewable).
- With your new document still open on your computer, on the Inkscape main menu select View | Grid:
What just happened?
You'll see that a blue grid will appear across the entire canvas area. We will use these grids to create basic areas of our layout and then create guides to begin creating our actual layout elements.
Have a go hero — changing the unit of measure
By default, Inkscape keeps all dimensions—even the unit of measure—in pixels. Do you want your grid to be in inches? There is an easy way to do this.
- Go to the main menu, choose File | Document Properties. You'll see the Document Properties window displayed.
- Change the Units field to in (Inches). This will change the grid, the canvas dimensions, and all units of measure to inches in this document.
Pop quiz — viewable grid
- What is the shortcut key for making Grids viewable in Inkscape...
