Time for action — installing Inkscape templates
To install a template in Inkscape, do the following:
- Download the new template file. If it is in a compressed format (ZIP, RAR, and so on), uncompress or extract the SVG template file. You can use applications such as WinZip, WinRAR, or 7-Zip to extract files such as these.
- Open the SVG file itself in Inkscape to view the template to make sure it fits your needs.
- From the main menu, select File and then Save As. Choose a save location in your computer operating system's Inkscape template directory:
- For Windows, that directory is the
C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\templates
folder - For Mac OS, the directory is
/Applications/Inkscape/Contents/Resources/Templates/
- For Linux, the directory is typically
/usr/local/share/inkscape/templates
or/home/user/.config/inkscape/templates
- For Windows, that directory is the
- Click Save.
- If you restart Inkscape and go to the main menu and select File and then New, the new custom template should be in the submenu.
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