Time for action — creating a new default document
We're going to create a new default document with a custom size.
- From the Inkscape main menu, select File | New | Default. This opens a file with the default dimensions of A4, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Now customize those document dimensions. From the main menu, choose File | Document Properties. You'll see the Document Properties window displayed, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Change the Units to
in(Inches), Width to7, and Height to5. The changes on the Document Properties window should look similar to the following screenshot:
Remember to change the Units first; otherwise the Width and Height fields will adjust to the new unit of measurement and you will have to readjust them.
- Close the Document Properties window/dock by clicking the X at the upper-right corner.
- From the main menu, select File | Save As. Choose the following directories to save as a new default:
For Windows, save to the share directory...
