Time for action — creating a new default document

We're going to create a new default document with a custom size.

  1. 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:
    Time for action — creating a new default document
  2. 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:
    Time for action — creating a new default document
  3. Change the Units to in (Inches), Width to 7, and Height to 5. The changes on the Document Properties window ...

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