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• Change the Document properties
• Design an A4 poster and
• Save the poster in pdf

• Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS
• Inkscape version 0.48.4

So I will leave it as it is. If it is not so on your machine, then select A4 size.

Go to File. Click on Document properties.

Let us learn about them one by one.

As I click one-by-one, observe that the unit of the ruler changes.

Let me keep the unit as pixels.

When we click on it, a new dialog box appears.

Now the transparency changes to the selected RGB values.

Point to canvas

We can change the size of the canvas using these options, too.

As I click, observe the change in the canvas size.

Let us keep the page size as A4.

Click on both the options and observe the change on the canvas.

Let us now change the units to pixels.

After setting the margins, one needs to click on the button Resize page to drawing or selection.

Then again, check the option and observe that the borders re-appear.

Once again check and uncheck this option and observe what happens on the canvas.

Notice here, the border to the right and bottom are thicker than the other two sides.

Let us leave the default border color as it is.

<<PAUSE>>

Guides help you align text and graphic objects on the canvas.

You can create ruler guides here.

....and observe the guideline appears and disappears on the canvas.

You can change it as per your preference.

I will leave the default colors as they are.

Using this option, we can set the grid that appears behind the artwork on the canvas.

Grids are useful to position objects on the canvas but they do not get printed.

Rectangular grid and Axonometric grid are the two types of grids available.

Immediately, a grid is formed on the canvas background.

<<PAUSE>>

So, first let me delete the ellipse and the guideline.

Draw a rectangle covering the whole canvas

So, click on the Rectangle tool.

Draw a large rectangle that covers the whole canvas.

Color it with light blue gradient.

• draw a header area on the top
• and a footer area at the bottom of the canvas,

using the Bezier tool.

We will color it blue.

• This logo has been provided to you in the Code Files link.
• So, first of all, pause the tutorial, click on Code Files and download the zip file.
• Now unzip the folder and save it in your preferred location on your machine.

Go to File menu. Click on Import.

Go to folder where the logo is saved.

Select the Spoken Tutorial logo and click on Open.

Now the logo is imported on our canvas.

Place it on the top left corner of the header area.

Place it to the right of the logo.

Change the font size to 20.<<PAUSE>>

I have already saved a sample text in a LibreOffice Writer document on my machine.

This sample text has been provided to you in the Code Files.

Pls use locate it in your saved folder.

Now, I will copy and paste this text in the empty space on my poster.

• Change the font size to 28.
• Set the line spacing.
• Create bullets and place before each sentence.

As before, import them one by one.

I have saved them in the images folder.

These images have been provided to you in the Code Files.

Pls locate them in your saved folder.

Move them to the bottom area of the poster.

Once again, copy and paste the text from LibreOffice Writer document.

Change the font size to 18.

A dialog box appears.

I will choose Desktop.

Here, in the Name field type Spoken-Tutorial-Poster.pdf

Then click on Save button.

Now we have the poster in pdf format.

• Change the Document properties
• Design an A4 poster
• Saving the poster in pdf

• Create an A4 poster for Spoken Tutorial Project.

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