Thank you! The documentation is using different terminology from what I am familiar with when using Xara. I am seeing some icons that intrigue me, and I am looking forward to learning about them. Thanks again for your help.

Long time Xara user, and with that my task is easy. It must be easy with Inkscape, but I'm just not getting it. I have a photo/png to use as the basic background. I want to place a rectangle over the image and then subtract everything outside of the rectangle, leaving the background image as a stand...