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Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Video Tutorial - Setting Inkscape's Default Page Properties

When I was making last night's video, I thought to myself "maybe some people will wonder how Inkscape always starts up with a 12x12 page on my computer" and thought I might do a short video on how to set that up. Then today, someone asked about that very thing, so I knew it was a good idea! :)

UPDATE April 2015
I received a comment on this post today, saying that this technique no longer works on Inkscape v. 0.91 (the current latest version at time of writing). I have stuck with version 0.48 ever since I installed it so I thought I'd better install the new version and check it out for myself! I installed v. 0.91 and the process for setting up the default page size to 12", as shown in the video below, still works just fine as far as I can see, it's worked for me anyway.

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33 comments:

  1. Melissa13 January 2009 at 01:49

    Thank you! I think Inkscape should be paying you

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  2. Tammy13 January 2009 at 05:17

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I don't use inkscape that often but that drove me crazy that I had to change it to what I wanted every time.

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  3. Switcher13 January 2009 at 09:40

    Great video, Dan.

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  4. Anonymous13 January 2009 at 14:02

    Wonderful information, Dan.
    Truly appreciate it!
    Thank you!

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  5. Emma13 January 2009 at 17:53

    Excellent. Thanks for that.

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  6. Anonymous13 January 2009 at 19:30

    Dan,
    It is so good to see you back at your old self. I missed you through the holidays.
    Thank you so much for all you do.
    Tammy

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  7. Leon123414 January 2009 at 10:29

    Hey, how are you doing? Hope all is well.

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  8. CraftyJAR14 January 2009 at 15:56

    Great video, but do you have any idea how to do this with a MAC?

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  9. Anonymous14 January 2009 at 17:46

    Thank you again for your tremendous knowledge of Inkscape and SCAL

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  10. Hels Sheridan14 January 2009 at 20:03

    Ah Dan you are so clever hun, if I was clever enough then I would understand it all but I am not, so I don't but I feel that I know a little bit more now thanks to your tutorial! Hugs xx

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  11. Michelle15 January 2009 at 00:07

    Thank you so much Dan! That was a very helpful video tutorial. I hope you will post more in the future. It was very clear and easy for even a blonde to understand!
    Thanks again Dan! Keep up the good work...we all truely appreciate it as you can see!
    Michelle

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  12. Sheri15 January 2009 at 02:49

    Thank you Dan...I just completed my first inkscape tutorial...all because of your generosity!

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  13. Anonymous16 January 2009 at 00:29

    Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.

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  14. Anonymous16 January 2009 at 14:25

    thanks for ALL your tutorials and freebies and files!!!!!! You are AWESOME!!!!
    Shawn

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  15. Kay16 January 2009 at 20:41

    Thx Dan, for this tip and all the other goodies!
    For Mac users, the process is similar but to find the defalt.svg file, go to the Finder, Choose "Go to Folder" from the go menu and type
    /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/templates
    That'll put you in the right folder and you can follow Dan's instrux from there.

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  16. Dan16 January 2009 at 20:46

    Thanks for the Mac tips Kay! :)

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  17. Laurieinaz17 January 2009 at 16:50

    Thanks for showing us that. I followed along and it worked great...now to figure out how to make a rectangle. mine doesn't show up like yours did in your previous video on the card.

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  18. Melissa S23 January 2009 at 03:12

    thnak you so much for this information. I never would have figured this out on my own.

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  19. Wendy Kidd24 January 2009 at 21:53

    You make me feel so smart when I can actually do this stuff! I was able to follow right along with the video and make the changes. Thanks for helping to reduce Inkscape's intimidation factor. Hope your toothache is better soon!

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  20. Kris25 January 2009 at 10:02

    Thank you Dan so much for sharing your knowledge of this program, you make something that looks so daunting at first glance, so much simpler to understand...Thankyou :)

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  21. Tina Johnston25 January 2009 at 22:14

    thanks, Dan. This is the first thing I've done in Inkscape. LOL. I just got my Expression Jan. 6.
    Tina

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  22. Jen1 March 2009 at 16:54

    Thanks so much Dan. Very helpful!!

    I hope you are back to your healthy, happy, helpful and creative self soon. Take care!

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  23. Kris2 March 2009 at 16:19

    Thank you very much.

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  24. Her Tale In Time27 May 2009 at 06:14

    ah thank you! that was so simple!! TY TY TY

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  25. chrissg2 August 2009 at 14:10

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. It is very easy to follow and will make my life alot easier.

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  26. Jenny4 August 2009 at 04:21

    What a great tutorial, thanks so much I am so glad I have found your site.

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  27. Anonymous30 August 2009 at 04:37

    Thank you a million times, I have been changing the page constantly.
    I agree with Melissa. Inkscape should pay you your Awesome
    Pmama

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  28. ma11achy26 October 2009 at 18:12

    Great! Was looking for something exactly like this. Concise and to the point. Thanks Dan!

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  29. Anonymous8 November 2009 at 17:13

    thank you this is amazing!
    you are a very talented individual with amazing communication skills and the ability to make things crystal clear and easy to follow :)

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  30. Sabra4 February 2010 at 19:31

    Thank you Dan,
    I am just trying to learn inkscape and this is the first video I've watched that actually makes sense. Thank you so much. Will be watching the rest of yours as soon as possible.

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  31. Bee's hive12 March 2011 at 02:56

    thank you thank you!

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  32. Soraya5 February 2012 at 18:20

    I don't remember whether I posted here to thank you before, but I'll do it now anyway. Thank you very much for this fantastic tutorial. I miss your tutorials, by the way.

    Happy crafting!

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  33. Lorraine5 April 2015 at 02:03

    April 4th 2015 version 0.91 this can not be done :(

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