[Inkscape-user] New to this

Hi,

I am new to Inkscape, and following some nice tutorials on the web..

I am trying to so something basic (I think) and i can't figure out how to do it.

What I want is a square, and want it all merged as 1 image and have the inside cut out / transparant.

Here is an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/icabyjmvrs0nv06/example.png?dl=0

I want to make all the seperate parts all into 1 images, and the black part I want that to be transparant.

Is it possible? If so how?

Thank you for your time

Perry