The Export dialog
When it comes to using your Inkscape artwork for a variety of purposes, no dialog is quite as useful as the Export dialog. From it, you can export the page area, a selection, or even the entire artwork (on and off canvas) to a variety of useful file formats.
To call up this dialog, you can choose File > Export… or use the Ctrl + Shift + E hotkey combination. We’re then presented with the almighty Export dialog, with two tabs, one for exporting a single image and another, Batch Export, for exporting multiple images at the same time.
Let’s start with the Single Image tab, which is usually the default tab that appears when exporting. You’ll notice four buttons at the top, just under the tab, which allow you to choose the area that will be exported. The options are as follows:
- Document: Exports everything in the document, on and off the page area. This option ignores the page area and exports everything you’ve drawn...