Time for action — importing a PDF into Inkscape

Let's import a non-native Inkscape SVG file into Inkscape—as you may need to do this for client logos, photographs, and any number of other real-world examples. Open a browser and go to this link: http://db.tt/xR0ZlBRL

A PDF will be downloaded and saved to your computer. It will be our sample file to work with during this exercise.

1. Open a document in Inkscape. This can be any in-progress file that we have used previously in this chapter, or a new document.
2. From the main menu, select File | Import.
   

   The Select file to import window displays, as shown in the following screenshot:

   
3. Locate and select the sample PDF file you just downloaded and select Open.
4. When the PDF Import Settings screen displays, adjust settings as needed and click OK.
   
5. Within Page settings, you can choose whether you want all pages of the PDF to be imported or just a specific page number. The Clip to field has various options (media box, crop box, trim box,...