Time for action — saving an Inkscape SVG

Since you have just started using Inkscape, let's use an example file to learn about the save features of Inkscape. Open your browser and go to the following link:

http://www.openclipart.org/people/kuba/LGM_poster2.svg

Right-click on the image and select Save As. When prompted, save the file to a location on your computer (for example, your desktop). We will use this OpenClip Art Inkscape file for this exercise:

  1. Open the example file in Inkscape.
  2. Once open, from the main menu, select File | Save.
    Time for action — saving an Inkscape SVG
  3. In the Select file to save to window, type a new name for your file (for example, drawing.svg).
  4. Choose a folder to ...

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