On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Joe Ward <bluegrass_joe@...12...> wrote:

I want to learn to use Inkscape in conjunction with Scribus to put out a newsletter. I want to create a box to go around a photograph and then import it into Scribus. In Inkscape, I click on the rectangle tool and drag as instructed, and nothing seems to happen. Then I scroll the window, and find that I've drawn a box below the desktop or canvas or whatever it's called. How can I cause the program to draw the box where I click and drag? I uninstalled the program and downloaded and installed it again, but the same thing happens in the second installation.

Joe Ward

That sounds strange. Are you just using a mouse or do you have a tablet as well? A lot of times people draw objects that are transparent (zero opacity) but I've never heard of an object being drawn in the wrong place. Have you tried any other of the drawing tools like the star tool, circle tool or the freehand line tool? Do those exhibit the same behaviour?

RQ