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Please help me understand the instructions to put settings back to original on inkscape 2d

Asked by shelly

I am looking at the instructions given to someone else to reset settings--they understood them. I do not. I just want to reset to original. I have been changing everything and trying to learn. this holding previous settings is challenging me far more than need be.

I would also like to change the settings at the very end of a project to inches so I may save as a DXF file and use it to cut metal. The paper settings are unreasonable.

Please help me I have been trying for many many many hours to overcome setbacks.

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#1

Hi Shelly,

about your first question:
To reset all Inkscape settings to default (not the document properties of a specific document! I mean those settings you can change at Edit -> Preferences) :

1. Go to Edit -> Preferences
2. Choose 'System' in the left list
3. Make note of the path indicated at 'System info: User preferences'
4. Go to your system's file browser
5. Delete the file you made note of
6. Restart Inkscape. The file will be re-created with default settings.

About your second question:
To set the document size and unit:
1. Go to File -> Document properties
2. In the first tab, at the top right, select your default unit
3. Choose a size from the list below 'Page size' or set a custom size below that list.

For questions relating to cutting and plotting please refer to the respective cutter / plotter / maker forums. Two of them are linked here: https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/269264

Kind regards,
 Maren

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#2

(These instructions are for Inkscape 0.91)

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shelly (shellyc200) said : 		#3

The second question is answered and the problem is solved. THANK YOU!!! We are headed out to cut the metal!

I have to wonder if I am in another version of Inkscape because under edit there is no preference option. under file there is inkscape preferences which opens a window with Tools on the top left but no "system" not able to find system info

Thank you for help with the sizing.

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Hachmann (marenhachmann) said : 		#4

You can check the version number in Menu -> Help -> About.

For versions older than 0.91, search for a file named 'preferences.xml' in your Inkscape folder and subfolders, possibly:

~/.inkscape/preferences.xml (0.46 and earlier)
~/.config/Inkscape/preferences.xml (0.47 and later)

where the tilde is an abbreviation for your home directory.

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su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#5

On 2015-07-18 22:56 (+0200), shelly wrote:
> I have to wonder if I am in another version of Inkscape because under
> edit there is no preference option. under file there is inkscape
> preferences which opens a window with Tools on the top left but no
> "system" not able to find system info

With Inkscape <= 0.48, the preferences dialog is indeed under
'File > Inkscape preferences'
and the information about the system paths is displayed less informative
under 'Misc' (the last item in the list on the left in the preferences
dialog) - the top-most entry in 'Misc > System info' is 'User config'

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